soporific
Example Sentences
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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
Shimizu is an exploratory jazz musician who has of late gained popularity for his television scores and inoffensively ambient music that employs soporific electronics.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
The change has been introduced after a soporific race in 2024 that followed years of growing concerns about the tendency towards uneventful grands prix on the historic streets on the Cote d'Azur.
From BBC • May 23, 2025
It’s so effective a soporific that most nights I struggle to read for more than 10 minutes, which is both satisfying and maddening.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2024
She is soothing, but not soporific; intoxicating without inebriation.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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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