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hibernating
adjective as in asleep
adjective as in dormant
Example Sentences
Bears, normally hibernating at this time of year, have climbed out of their caves to search for food.
Undiscovered, they were left hibernating on the archive shelves.
So rather than hibernating while she tries to drop back down to a size zero, Jessica Simpson could actually boost her career.
The shrieking trade-winds and the dense white fogs were hibernating somewhere out in the Pacific.
Dalgetty knew he would be helpless as he rose, still in his semi-hibernating state, but his body was shrieking for air.
In the few instances where I had glimpses inside of winter hibernating dens, the entire family was hibernating together.
It is the cold itself that seems to make hibernating animals feel sleepy; just as it does human beings.
With his stomach completely empty he retires into hibernating quarters for the winter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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