drowse
verb (used without object)
to be sleepy or half-asleep.
were drowsing
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past progressiveof drowse.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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All across the ravaged Earth, the cracked foundations of the twentieth century were drowsing, waking, and recognizing themselves.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2020
It was only about eleven o'clock in the morning and the bargees, who had gone to bed at ten the night before, were drowsing until it became time to eat their supper.
From Time Magazine Archive
Long before ni-Frith, all were drowsing in the undergrowth.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
He carried it back and dropped it in front of Bristle and Runt, who were drowsing at the burrow entrance in the last rays of afternoon sun.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
Barney and Tommie were drowsing, but Jim blushed.
From The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys by Gulielma Zollinger
