Example Sentences

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I told tales about magic spells and a resident who had slumbered beneath the vines for decades.

From The New Yorker • May 7, 2019

He had slumbered through the first three games, and would finish the Series with 17 strikeouts and a .143 average.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2018

Tyler Vaughns had slumbered through a quiet redshirt season last year but awoke midway through the spring, when he made three highlight-reel receptions in one practice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2017

On April 6, 1909 he and Explorer Peary fell asleep after warming their frozen feet on each other's stomachs, woke to find they had slumbered over the North Pole.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had slumbered through the worst of the hurricane.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers