slumber
verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
have slumbered
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present perfectof slumber.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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At last, however, he must have slumbered heavily, for he knew no more till dawn.
From The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
The fact is that for some little time the spirit of maritime adventure seems to have slumbered, subsequent to the voyages just recorded.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper
One purpose for which it has been permitted to exist is, that it may call forth such efforts, and awaken powers and virtues which would otherwise have slumbered for want of object.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
Most of them have slumbered upon the statute book for years.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by John Sherman
The low attic had no window, save a pane of glass nailed over a hole under the eaves; and long the lad might have slumbered on, had not a loud sound suddenly aroused him.
From The Cabin on the Prairie by C. H. (Charles Henry) Pearson
