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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After dark, there’s more to do Charlotte in the ‘80s is often described as a sleepy town, but there were at least a dozen discos/nightclubs in operation during that decade including popular spots like Pterodactyl, 13∙13 and Park Elevator.
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Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Those ticket sales were enough to lead an otherwise sleepy weekend at the domestic box office.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Showgirl leads a sleepy top 10 on the latest Billboard 200, where no albums debut in the region.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025
Greaves had a sleepy first two periods, facing six shots in the first and only three in the second.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Those ticket sales were enough to lead an otherwise sleepy weekend at the domestic box office.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Showgirl leads a sleepy top 10 on the latest Billboard 200, where no albums debut in the region.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025
Greaves had a sleepy first two periods, facing six shots in the first and only three in the second.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Oct. 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 24 Oct. 2025.
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