slumber
verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
is slumbering
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present progressiveof slumber (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Right now, Brood X’s Class of 2038 is slumbering below the frozen Earth, snuggled up near tree roots.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022
But it is hard to keep watch over the fruit while it is slumbering, since opening up the storage rooms would send in a rush of oxygen and speed the apples’ aging.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
As I type this, the clock hands are creeping towards 2.30am, and my baby daughter is slumbering beside me having had her first feed of the night.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2017
Such embroidery is profusely applied by Pope wherever he thinks that Homer, like Diomed, is slumbering too deeply.
From Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series by Sir Leslie Stephen
She thinks her happiness is floating about without, but it is slumbering here in this little cradle.
From A Sister's Love A Novel by W. Heimburg
