Example Sentences

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The Phillies bats had been slumbering, with just four runs scored and three losses over the first four games of the homestand without Harper.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2022

Its return might belong to the U.S. if its offense that had been slumbering for most of the last week can continue to come alive the way it did late in a 2-1 victory Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2021

The people shrunk back in their closes and their shop-doors as he passed all covered upon with the fighting passion that had been slumbering up the glen since ever he came home from the Peninsula.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

I left abruptly the arm-chair in which I had been slumbering, and I went up to a window.

From Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume by Feuillet, Octave

It awoke the devil in him, and it awoke at the same time his self-respect which of late had been slumbering.

From Captain Blood by Sabatini, Rafael