sleepiness
- a word derived from sleepy.
Example Sentences
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FedEx uses something called the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale when setting flight schedules.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023
Sleepiness means you feel drowsy and have a hard time staying awake, Maller says.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2022
According to Withings’ press release, the diary feature was developed with the input of sleep physicians and is based on medical questionnaires such as the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and the STOP-Bang Questionnaire.
From The Verge • Mar. 18, 2022
Sleepiness vanishes, like the picture when you turned off an old TV screen; it recedes to a dot.
From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2019
Sleepiness eventually came over all of them, and without needing to announce it, they all lay close to the fire, close to one another, and slumbered peacefully while the wind’s angry tirade lessened.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
