slumberous
Example Sentences
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So powerfully does Author O'Donnell evoke the slumberous qualities in his scene that readers may often find their eyes closing softly, their breathing growing regular and even, the book slipping from their nerveless fingers.
From Time Magazine Archive
None of the songs on Spice, from the slumberous ballad 2 Become 1 to the bass-heavy party jam Something Kinda Funny, come across as deeply felt; they all seem designed to amuse, titillate, ingratiate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Richie's first new album in 10 years is also a rather slumberous affair, one whose title, Louder than Words, belies its content.
From Time Magazine Archive
But even as the city was modernized, Stalingrad's color and flavor still derived from the life teeming on the many-storied landing stages of the broad, slumberous Volga.
From Time Magazine Archive
All around him there was "A slumberous sound, a sound that brings The feeling of a dream, As when a bell no longer swings, Faint the hollow echo rings O'er meadow, lake, and stream."
From Little Frida A Tale of the Black Forest by Anonymous
