doze off

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.

Examples of doze off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In September, a driver was seen appearing to doze off as a train accelerated to 50 mph before the operator was jolted awake. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Transportation officials in San Francisco are investigating after video apparently showed a Muni metro train operator dozing off moments before a crash last month. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

As the questioning stretched for hours, the numberof members of the public in the courtroom dwindled; some dozed off. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Save for the playlist that had firmly moved from gangsta rap to smooth R&B, the last 20 minutes of our ride was mostly silent, with several of us dozing off. — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026

Rhymes for doze off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff