slumberous
adjective
sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
slumbrous
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a variation of
slumberous.
Example Sentences
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Whatever one thinks of Reform—and it’s hard to know what to think of it—such an outcome would suggest that Scotland’s era of slumbrous conformity may soon come to an end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
A man sprawls on a bed, between potted plant and slumbrous dog.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2010
In slumbrous, easy-going Siam the gentle comedy of deposing King Prajadhipok as Absolute Monarch and reinstating King Prajadhipok as Constitutional Monarch was wafted to its close last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
A shot rang out, faint and distant, upon the slumbrous morning air.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford
The slumbrous warmth of the afternoon had told upon Selwood.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford
