slumbery

Example Sentences

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My dreams about Jim hadn’t been specific — no clear directions or visions — just a repeated slumbery tap on the shoulder.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

So the passage down the full and slumbery Fal seemed nearly a soundless thing.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest

Sideway his face repos'd On one white arm, and tenderly unclos'd, By tenderest pressure, a faint damask mouth To slumbery pout; just as the morning south Disparts a dew-lipp'd rose.

From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John

Before Lady Macbeth is disclosed walking in her sleep, her doctor and her waiting-gentlewoman are sent on to tell the audience of her "slumbery agitation."

From Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker