frowsy
adjective
frowsiness
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a word derived from
frowsy.
Example Sentences
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London itself was emerging from its postwar frowsiness.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2012
The woman was kindling the fire hastily and grumbling when he went into the sitting-room, still in its state of early morning frowsiness.
From Married Life The True Romance by May Edginton
I was feeling better now, with all the frowsiness washed out of me, and I dried myself by racing up and down the heather.
From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan
The sanded floors, the snowy window curtains, the bright pewter pots, have given way to dirt and general frowsiness.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
It had come to her, an intolerably pathetic messenger and accuser, out of the exacerbating frowsiness of the Cedars.
From Hilda Lessways by Arnold Bennett
