soporific
adjective
causing or tending to cause sleep.
soporifics
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pluralof soporific.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Exposure to sunlight prevents the brain from producing melatonin and other natural soporifics.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 23, 2016
At least these were incendiary devices; elsewhere one found soporifics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the antihistamines, intended to relieve allergies, are also prescribed as soporifics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kennedy unemotionally traced the misconceptions and the soporifics that lulled England during the prewar years.
From Time Magazine Archive
The slumber for which Mora begged so persistently, the lethargy, to speak more accurately, lasted a whole night and morning, with partial awakenings caused by excruciating pain which yielded each time to soporifics.
From The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Burnham Ives
