soporific

Example Sentences

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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

The study, published in the journal Science, reveals the precise choreography of their bizarre soporific routine.

From Washington Post

McDermott’s childhood memories are matched by naïvely excited music; the flotation tank, by a soporific étude; the simulated coma, by music so shapeless yet alluring that it could have been written by Satie.

From New York Times

With the stomach-churning swells of the Drake behind us and the soporific effects of the motion sickness medication wearing off, I could now fully register my extraordinary surroundings.

From Scientific American

It takes place in the break room of a local Hobby Lobby, on a deadly accurate set by Wilson Chin featuring a malfunctioning microwave on the counter and soporific motivational programing on the closed-circuit television.

From New York Times