How to Use sleepy in a Sentence

sleepy

adjective

• She felt sleepy and went to bed.
• It’s been a sleepy fall so far, but that all changes for you this month.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
• Then again, San Diego isn’t the same sleepy town, either.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
• This was a sleepy town that had never seen crimes like this.
  — Megan Vick, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2024
• Monday’s mass killing marked the second time the sleepy town has made headlines in the last month.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• Students’ yawns turn to smiles; their sleepy eyes light up.
  — Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2022
• Sasha’s sleepy dog Quincy even made a cameo on the album with his snores.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• The little girl yawns and closes her eyes, a whisper of a smile on her sleepy face.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
• Your ruler, the unitive Moon, is soothing your sleepy 12th house.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• And with that amount of firepower even there was no chance of getting sleepy even in the night scenes.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
• With his swoopy chestnut hair, sleepy blue eyes, and god-like jaw, Gabriel ticks all of the boxes of My Type.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2022
• The outcry from the fans in those cities, where seasons go to die, that if sleepy San Diego can do it, why not us?
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The next stop was a cheese shop that her grandmother had loved, in the sleepy border town of San Elizario.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
• Even when strange things start to happen in his sleepy village.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 21 Sep. 2022
• Today, the sleepy resort town is still home to a clutch of cool hotels, like the Kanopi House and Geejam.
  — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
• For eyes, use a round tip to pipe brown frosting in small half-circles to make adorably sleepy eyes.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2022
• Utilities, once a sleepy corner of the stock market, are up 4.15% for the week.
  — Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024
• Feeling sleepy but don’t want to miss New York’s famous ball-drop?
  — Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 27 Nov. 2022
• That's because blue light stops the release of melatonin, the body's sleepy time hormone.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022
• To an investor or a new C.E.O., the sleepy heritage brand can work as an advantage.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2024
• The dessert is a sight for sleepy eyes late at night: soothing nursery food no matter your age.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
• Often too sleepy to fly, the insects crash into the hard ground or almond trees.
  — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
• The teens are sleepy and quiet at first, normal for juniors and seniors.
  — Erin Richards, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
• What was once a sleepy island of whalers and fisherman is now the Hamptons of Germany.
  — Garrett Munce, Town & Country, 4 May 2023
• The murder took place in broad daylight in Katzrin, a sleepy town in northern Israel.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• Despite the loss, Legans and the Pilots’ revamped roster brought life to a sleepy program.
  — oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2022
• At the start of the video, the HGTV star picks up her sleepy son, kisses him on the cheek and carries him over to his fish tank to admire the fish swimming around.
  — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
• The Moon is still making her way through your sleepy 12th House, encouraging you to sleep in.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2022
• Cho says this is her favorite formula for sleepy mornings.
  — Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2024
• Tension escalates in sleepy Haparanda as a professional killer comes to town to recover three valuable bags.
  — Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024