How to Use drowse in a Sentence

drowse

verb
  • Jena looked over at the man’s camel, drowsing alongside the tent.
    Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The dog, Russ, drowsed on the floor at his owner’s feet, drooling onto the tile.
    Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • The feast is digested by now at our house and the tryptophan is kicking in, but the late game is too good to drowse on.
    Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Some shaggy buffalo drowsed in a patch of shade, and a hose fed water into a large puddle where a white goose paddled in tight circles.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Bear in mind that those 55 million impressions were totted up long before Nielsen began counting scores of drowsing aunts and hyperactive toddlers among its national TV deliveries.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Nov. 2025

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