doze off

Idioms  

1. Fall into a light sleep, as in Watching the ballet always made her doze off. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

As her rivals nervously shuffle in their boots, Shiffrin will clear space on the ground, fold a parka as a pillow, shut her blue eyes and doze off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

When she did doze off, Dame Jacqueline said she wanted to sleep too but used the short window available to write.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

These six podcasts offer respites for your brain, delivering tales that are diverting enough to keep you focused, but uneventful enough that you can doze off.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024

Several will even doze off, napping in Tennis Paradise, which is the only place that actually lives up to that hype.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024

I doze off, and, when I wake up, I see the sun rising in a but­termilk sky through the window next to the nurses’ station.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini