soporific
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So what would a survivor of a crime portrayed on “Forensic Files” think about his or her own personal tragedy being used as a soporific?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
For all that the occasional grand prix can be soporific, and for all many drivers expect this one to be, a race can go awry in many more ways than it can go well.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
Musty retreads of Ibsen and Chekhov, besides being counter to the maverick spirit of their play, can be soporific endurance tests.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
Walter is a local TV producer in need of something to replace a hilariously soporific embroidery show called “A Stitch in Time.”
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2023
By October San Piedro had slipped off its summer reveler’s mask to reveal a torpid, soporific dreamer whose winter bed was made of wet green moss.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing soporific
Jane Eyre
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 6
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