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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Carbon monoxide can also cause the victim to become sleepy, lose consciousness, or lose muscle function as the dangerous gas stops oxygen flow to the brain, heart, and other important cells and organs.
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Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025
This sleepy port town, penned in by snowy mountains on one side and endless freezing sea on the other, could have been where Spurs’ European dream died.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 May 2025
But the crown jewel of them all was the South Florida Garlic Fest, a stinky ode to the bulb whose national music headliners (Buddy Guy, Blues Traveler, Trombone Shorty, among others), helped morph Delray Beach in the late 1990s from a sleepy beach town into a destination.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
This sleepy rural town had blasted onto the international map as the site of the 2024 Olympic surf competition.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025
This sleepy port town, penned in by snowy mountains on one side and endless freezing sea on the other, could have been where Spurs’ European dream died.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 May 2025
But the crown jewel of them all was the South Florida Garlic Fest, a stinky ode to the bulb whose national music headliners (Buddy Guy, Blues Traveler, Trombone Shorty, among others), helped morph Delray Beach in the late 1990s from a sleepy beach town into a destination.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
This sleepy rural town had blasted onto the international map as the site of the 2024 Olympic surf competition.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 1 May 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 13 May. 2025.
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