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as in sleepy
desiring or needing sleep
the drowsy students shuffled into the first-period class
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as in hypnotic
tending to cause sleep
listened to drowsy music while waiting in the dentist's office
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Recent Examples of drowsy
New parents can take steps to stop feeling drowsy after giving birth by resting more, getting childcare, eating healthy, drinking water, and implementing relaxation techniques.
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Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024
People driving while drowsy cause up to 100,000 car accidents each year.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
But Merritt drinks the spiked beverage and drowns, drowsy from the medication.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
Some people are quick to anger, others have trouble focusing or are often drowsy, some are fearful or anxious, or react badly to change.
—John Werner, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024
People driving while drowsy cause up to 100,000 car accidents each year.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
But Merritt drinks the spiked beverage and drowns, drowsy from the medication.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
Some people are quick to anger, others have trouble focusing or are often drowsy, some are fearful or anxious, or react badly to change.
—John Werner, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for drowsy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowsy
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The trio is tasked with completing magical tasks in order to earn a place back in their sleepy Massachusetts town.Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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And that has a lot to do with nourishing your soul and staying in a place of curiosity and not sleepy.Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
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Except as a form of hypnotic relaxation, even watching seems beside the point.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Born January 12, 1935 in Montclair, New Jersey, George Kresge was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk’s crime solving comic strip Mandrake the Magician, whose work was based on an unusually fast hypnotic technique.Marc Berman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Green Bay could finish as high as sixth in the NFC if the resting Rams lose to the 49ers, potentially setting up a first-round matchup against the division-rival Lions.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
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In this condition, a lot of the hairs all over the scalp going into the resting phase all at once–this is seen clinically as an abrupt significant increase in shedding.Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
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“Drowsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowsy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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