slumber
verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
slumberer
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a word derived from
slumber.
Example Sentences
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Amid the ensuing guffaw many a slumberer was rudely awakened.
From Time Magazine Archive
Little slumberer, who shall guide thy frail bark, unseen by mortal eye, over the trackless waves?
From Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood
With eyes full of the hopeful project he stood looking at the noble slumberer, then suddenly turned and tip-toed to the door.
From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay
Long before the dawn, the shrill crowing of a thousand cocks first startles the slumberer from his uneasy repose.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
The morning was far advanced, when Thomas thrust his head into my room, and rated me for being as heavy a slumberer as one of the seven sleepers;--the little wretch!
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
