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soporific

[sop-uh-rif-ik, soh-puh-] / ˌsɒp əˈrɪf ɪk, ˌsoʊ pə- /


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Before long, what had been a soporific race turned into a surreal one.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

Even if the museum had red eyes on tap it wouldn’t have made a difference when it comes to this soporific presentation.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

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

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

One of his officers then broke the soporific silence of the tent.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Exposure to sunlight prevents the brain from producing melatonin and other natural soporifics.

From Science Magazine Nov. 23, 2016

Kennedy unemotionally traced the misconceptions and the soporifics that lulled England during the prewar years.

From Time Magazine Archive

At least these were incendiary devices; elsewhere one found soporifics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of the antihistamines, intended to relieve allergies, are also prescribed as soporifics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alice gave signs of an inclination to doze; she had had a sleepless night, in spite of soporifics.

From The Odd Women by George Gissing




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