Example Sentences

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Unless you stomp on the accelerator, it initially moves out on electric power and the gas engine soon joins in, sending a subtle, snoozy tremor through the structure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

This is the “Jurassic” universe’s second reboot after the largely snoozy, Chris Pratt-led “Jurassic World” series revived the world from the “Jurassic Park” trilogy at the turn of the millennium.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2025

Melatonin also makes hydras snoozy, Itoh and his team found, and genes that control sleep in hydras are similar to those that do so in humans.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023

The Aztecs rallied from at least eight down to win their previous three games, and rattled the Huskies with a 9-0 run, pulling within 56-50 as NRG Stadium went from snoozy to a potential doozy.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

The crew was in the forecastle—a lolling, snoozy lot, now desperately yawning for lack of diversion.

From Every Man for Himself by Duncan, Norman