somniferous
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Everyone was back in the Dolby Theatre, a welcome return after last year’s somniferous experiment from Steven Soderbergh, which was held in Los Angeles’s Union Station.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
Still, it’s a somniferous situation for the photographers, who camp out in their cars for hours at a time for a few seconds of activity.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2019
Her study of library-cataloguing, recording, books of reference, was easy and not too somniferous.
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
"Item, on the said day, in the evening, a julep, hepatic, soporiferous, and somniferous, intended to promote the sleep of Mr. Argan, thirty-five sous."
From The Imaginary Invalid by Wall, Charles Heron
There are a few celebrated ethical compositions, in which the father lavishes upon his son all the treasures of Somali good advice, long as the somniferous sermons of Mentor to the insipid son of Ulysses.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir