sleepy
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They transformed it from a sleepy fishing village to one of the world's most famous and frenetic party towns.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
And when one of us finally came padding down the wooden stairs, sleepy and rumpled and operating on a schedule she would never have personally endorsed, there was no reproach.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
So far this month—often a sleepy time in the corporate bond market—investment-grade companies have issued $153.44 billion worth of bonds, a record amount for August, following a record June and July, according to Dealogic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced from neighbouring Belgium.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females was situated in a sleepy farm valley near the village of Heathcote.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
After next week, deal flow may slow during the usually sleepier months of July and August and pick back up again after Labor Day.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
As a shopping event, the day itself is sleepier, and the deals are available much longer.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
And when you’re sleepier, it stands to reason, you sleep more easily.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2025
While December remains a sleepier month for new book releases than other times of the year, December 2024 offers quite a few terrific titles, so many that it was difficult to choose among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2024
Whatever Ben has done...I feel myself getting sleepier.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
When the sleepiest central bank on Earth becomes the one that matters, the plot has thickened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Time of day factors in because of our biological clocks; we’re sleepiest late at night and early in the morning.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2025
Here we are on a Friday, traditionally the sleepiest of Westminster’s weekdays, and MPs confront a potentially generational defining vote on assisted dying while the government confronts its first cabinet resignation.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
That may be because the sleeper is also the sleepiest.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
Even the grumpiest and sleepiest of the men stood up straight.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
