somnolent

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Exoprojection in which the somnolent user is able to assume a conscious awareness of an ideal reality from the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

But it also brought youth, diversity and better wages — breathing new life into somnolent towns that had been losing population since the 1930s.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021

It happened again Thursday in Philadelphia against a somnolent Phillies offense and awful Phillies bullpen.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2021

And he played with a kind of brilliant camouflage, seeming to be somnolent for long stretches before asserting himself at urgent moments with a mesmerizing dribble, astounding pass or stabbing shot.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020

She grew weak and somnolent, could spend hours lying in the shade looking up at the sun, uninterested in anything else.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende