as in napping
to sleep lightly or briefly
picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree
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Recent Examples of drowsing
Jena looked over at the man’s camel, drowsing alongside the tent.
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Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowsing
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The camera then pans to the feline napping in their dog Gunny's bed—not in Emmie the bull dog's spot, but in the Labrador retriever's comfy haven.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Dog-napping bad boyfriend Lex Luthor.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Aug. 2025
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It is said the bees gathered at the cemetery, resting on the tent over the grave and on the floral displays, returning to their hives after the service concluded.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Thomas dove in and swam with Malibu, popping up simultaneously from the water and resting their extremities — his arms, her fins — on the edge of the pool.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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The late-slumbering parent, meanwhile, can do remote work on their laptop at the table at night while the rest of the family sleeps comfortably.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Aug. 2025
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Mountains look like slumbering dinosaurs.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Drowsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowsing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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