slumber
verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
are slumbering
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present progressiveof slumber.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Dormant supermassive black holes, he predicted, are slumbering all around us in the hearts of nearly all spiral galaxies, including our own.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2022
Instead, he said, they just went to sleep after their heavy meals—dormant supermassive black holes, he predicted, are slumbering all around us in the hearts of spiral galaxies, including our own.
From Scientific American ● May 12, 2022
The men — Robert Redford and Nick Nolte — are slumbering in their tents when the bears descend and begin tearing into the hikers’ food, which they have failed to properly stash.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2015
"Our souls are slumbering in moral indifference," said Rabbi Edward Cohn of the Temple Sinai in New Orleans.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2011
It is by no means impossible, nor improbable, judging from analogy, that there may be, in the human soul, faculties which are slumbering, until a glorified body assists in their development.
From Catharine by Nehemiah Adams
