sleepier; sleepiest
1
a
: ready to fall asleep
b
: of, relating to, or characteristic of sleep
2
: sluggish as if from sleep : lethargic
also
: having little activity
a sleepy coastal village
3
: sleep-inducing
Examples of sleepy in a Sentence
She felt sleepy and went to bed.
the sleepy children were carried up to bed
Recent Examples on the Web
Finding a quiet place to chat in Manhattan is never easy, but the brothers settle on a wall outside of a sleepy office building near the West Side Highway.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
What Irwin and many of Cibola’s residents didn’t realize was that in their sleepy, riverside town, a select group of farmers and landowners had been working for years to facilitate such deals.
—Maanvi Singh, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
What Irwin and many of Cibola’s residents didn’t realize was that in their sleepy, riverside town, a select group of farmers and landowners had been working for years to facilitate such deals.
—Maanvi Singh, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sleepy
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“Sleepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepy. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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