somnolently
- a word derived from somnolent.
Example Sentences
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The entire season moves along sleekly — you could say somnolently — at the same measured pace, with the same arch tone and on the same note of muted, stylish apprehension.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
That summer, anti-tourism protesters lined the waterfront, standing knee-deep in the Mediterranean bearing banners reading “this is not a beach resort,” in English, in the face of bikini-clad visitors who were somnolently tanning themselves.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019
Later, when I sat him up on my lap, his head dropped somnolently forward and he curled into a ball.
From New York Times • May 23, 2012
Determined to revitalize a committee that was rather somnolently led by James Eastland, who retired, Kennedy has established an awesome agenda for this session.
From Time Magazine Archive
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To the man reposing somnolently in the broken old chair beside the door she said she had a letter for Mr. Noyes.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Marshall, Edison