drowsed; drowsing
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Examples of drowse in a Sentence
Verb
picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree
Noun
was just falling into a drowse when you called
Recent Examples on the Web
The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
Lynette Rice, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2019
Verb
Stars lounged and drowsed: Muhammad Ali with a newspaper, Peter Cook in his old mac on a lilo in a Hollywood pool.
—The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
Noun
The wealthy suburb of Phoenix drowses in the heat of the Sonoran Desert, sprinkled with luxury resorts catering to snowbirds in what Arizonans call the Valley of the Sun.
—Lynette Rice, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2019
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“Drowse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drowse. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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