somnolence
Americannoun
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Explanation
Somnolence is a sleepy state. New parents often stagger through their days in somnolence, after spending their nights up with a baby who only sleeps for a few hours at a time. Use the noun somnolence when you're talking about drowsiness. You might be overcome with somnolence in a boring class, especially if you didn't get much sleep the night before. Also, someone who seems to be out of it, going through life like a sleepwalker can be described as experiencing somnolence, which comes from the Latin word somnolentia, sleepiness.
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Example Sentences
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Somnolence was a "prominent feature" in twelve of the 16.
From Time Magazine Archive
Somnolence, som′nō-lens, n. sleepiness: inclination to sleep—also Som′nolency.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The portion of Sensibility which feels the influences of the human nervaura, is the highest portion of the organ, where it connects with Modesty, Somnolence, and Ideality.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
Its close connection with the region of impressibility called Somnolence explains its supreme control over our emotions.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
Somnolence and drowsiness--balm of aching hearts, angels of mercy!
From A journey in other worlds A romance of the future by Astor, John Jacob
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