Example Sentences
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The diary comics of interactions between stick-figure depictions of Wertz and her son, Felix, will resonate with anyone who has ever drowsed through days with a newborn.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026
Of the 63 subjects who dropped the glass as they drowsed, 26 did so after they had already passed through N1 sleep.
From Scientific American • Apr. 3, 2022
After staying up all night at the Stork Club, Mr. Roche drowsed off midway through the early-morning interview.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2019
But as Floyd Patterson drowsed in his dressing room, his mind's eye could run over the past months�months spent partly in brooding, but mostly in dedicated training and planning.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Her exhaustion flowed into the hot water; she drowsed.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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