doze off
phrasal verb
dozed off; dozing off; dozes off
: to fall asleep especially for a short period of time
A few students dozed off during the movie.
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Focus on maintaining a consistent sleep schedule (like waking up and dozing off around the same times each day), practicing good sleep hygiene (like setting a cutoff time for scrolling on your phone), and ideally getting seven to nine hours of sleep a night.
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Beth Krietsch, SELF, 11 Nov. 2025
Passengers were seen in security video footage obtained by ABC News screaming, with some even jolted from their seats and others slamming into the train's wall, after the operator appeared to doze off.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2025
Gray took a seat near the front and dozed off almost immediately, despite the short, bumpy ride up the hill to the UC pharmacy.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
Other students were dozing off during the morning chapel service or looking mindlessly in the distance, as young adolescents do.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
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Beth Krietsch, SELF, 11 Nov. 2025
Passengers were seen in security video footage obtained by ABC News screaming, with some even jolted from their seats and others slamming into the train's wall, after the operator appeared to doze off.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2025
Gray took a seat near the front and dozed off almost immediately, despite the short, bumpy ride up the hill to the UC pharmacy.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
Other students were dozing off during the morning chapel service or looking mindlessly in the distance, as young adolescents do.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Doze off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doze%20off. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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