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
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Even its flavor conjures a deep sleepy forest with woody, spicy and herbaceous notes, and finishes pleasantly bitter.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
In the comments, Susie offered some extra context about the sleepy passenger in the bed, clarifying to another user that the cocker spaniel refusing to budge is actually the mother of the second spaniel walking alongside them.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Its first season was set in the Pyrenees, the second on the island of Mallorca and the third in a sleepy Andalusian village near the Portuguese border.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Even its flavor conjures a deep sleepy forest with woody, spicy and herbaceous notes, and finishes pleasantly bitter.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
In the comments, Susie offered some extra context about the sleepy passenger in the bed, clarifying to another user that the cocker spaniel refusing to budge is actually the mother of the second spaniel walking alongside them.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Its first season was set in the Pyrenees, the second on the island of Mallorca and the third in a sleepy Andalusian village near the Portuguese border.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
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 11 Jul. 2025.
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