slumbering
- present participle of slumber.
Example Sentences
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Slumbering among thousands of bacterial strains in a collection of natural specimens at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, several fragile vials held something unexpected, and possibly very useful.
From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023
Slumbering with a pet “may help out with anxiety and depression, because a dog is like a weighted blanket — it gives you that snuggling and cuddling effect,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2021
Slumbering with a pet “may help out with anxiety and depression, because a dog is like a weighted blanket. It gives you that snuggling and cuddling effect,” he said.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021
Slumbering as if in a coma-like suspended animation.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2016
Still forever and forever rolls the restless river on, Slumbering oft but ceasing never, while the circling centuries run.
From Legends of the Northwest by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
