as in rests
to sleep lightly or briefly
picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowses
Noun
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Midday naps and sleeping in on weekends can help make up for temporary sleep deficits.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
2 May 2026 -
For older adults, naps may be a warning sign of underlying conditions or declining health, according to a new study.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The sublime—a concept introduced by the first-century philosopher Longinus and later refined by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant—rests on an encounter with something too immense or too powerful for the human mind to comprehend fully.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Our evidence rests in the eight spindly tomato plants poking up from small containers next to a large window in our back room.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
Verb
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On some of my visits, Marsha dozes most of the time.—
Marc Silver,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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Rather, the protagonist dozes right through it.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Drowses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowses. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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