slumber
verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
slumbers
Example Sentences
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Jackson knows what can happen when good policy gets stuck on the drawing board while society slumbers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
As the sun still slumbers early Monday, patches of dense fog are cloaking parts of Puget Sound and the southwest interior, including areas in and around Tacoma, Bellevue, Seattle and Bremerton.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
As his successor Major Burns continues in the role, it is unclear how often his daily performance will be waking a monarch from his slumbers.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2022
The new Man in Black is actually a host version of William controlled by Charlotte, while the genuine article slumbers in cryosleep.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2022
I slip down my face mask, and say, “So this is what you meant when you said what slumbers in here”—I touch my chest—“slumbers in here.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
