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Recent Examples of slumberous Confederate monuments were not, after all, slumberous. Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books, 20 Aug. 2020 All differences of excellence, of position, of form are blurred by the slumberous acceptance. Elizabeth Hardwick, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019 With the exception of the minority of people who suffer sudden death, the vast majority of us experience a slumberous slippage from life. Sara Manning Peskin, M.d., New York Times, 11 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumberous
Adjective
  • This southern island in the country’s archipelago is a sleepy place, a welcome respite from the development, sometimes overdevelopment, going on elsewhere in the region including the country’s main island Providenciales.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The once relatively sleepy city, long overshadowed by its neighbor Como, has now woken up—and established itself as a destination unto itself.
    Madeline Weinfield, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Their fusion of folk instrumentation and electronic production makes for a hypnotic, genre-blurring experience.
    Rob Reed, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Svengali sets his sights on Trilby O’Farrell (Marian Marsh), an artist’s model, and the sinister teacher’s pattern of manipulation and ruin seems to be repeating itself yet again—but Trilby’s old lover, Billee (Bramwell Fletcher), seeks to discover the truth about Svengali’s hypnotic influence.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Naturally, these delicate birds give her life a soothing meaning.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • For wellness seekers, Champagne Beach invites you to relax in its natural jacuzzi, where volcanic seafloor vents create soothing bubbles.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • State patrol data shows drowsy lane-violation crashes jumped another 43.5% between 2023 and 2024.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Drivers are also advised to avoid drowsy driving, as operating a vehicle with insufficient sleep can be as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Une Chambre à Soi in Château La Coste’s Richard Rogers gallery is inspired by Virginia Woolfe’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own and features more than fifteen artists visualising a soporific journey from sunset to sunrise.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But now there's something distinctly soporific about it all, and certainly not the kind of writing Capote himself would have wanted associated with his name.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
Adjective
  • Washington’s running game, which had been somnolent for a month, came back to life Saturday, gaining 182 yards against the Lions.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • In it, bands play a quieter part of the song, or start softly, setting a somnolent mood before blowing it apart with a sudden shift in volume and dynamics, with little more warning than some transitional guitar feedback.
    Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Now, police will be able to destroy any narcotic evidence obtained prior to 2015, Harris County DA Sean Teare said at the press conference.
    Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • All narcotic evidence obtained before 2015 will be cleared from the shelves and destroyed with the cooperation of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office and the Houston Forensic Science Center.
    Christina Shaw, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Slumberous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumberous. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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