Example Sentences

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Simple death by exposure would have left peaceful bodies that looked as if they were slumbering, as a veterinarian consultant observes in an earlier episode.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024

"I take a leetle nap, too," said Hans, and soon both were slumbering, leaving Tom and Fred on guard.

From The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch by Stratemeyer, Edward

Silence descended upon the forest; a silence so profound that it seemed as if animals, birds and insects, all were slumbering amid the quiet of the summer afternoon.

From The Money Gods by Clark, Ellery H.

Both no doubt were slumbering, and perhaps the same vision haunted their dreams; broken windows and four-footed victims—seen from different points of view.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)

A forgotten, and as it were slumbering, monotheism exists beneath the worship of idols; it is the concealed trunk which supports them, but the idols have absorbed all the sap.

From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Downton, Henry