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Recent Examples of somniferous Everyone was back in the Dolby Theatre, a welcome return after last year’s somniferous experiment from Steven Soderbergh, which was held in Los Angeles’s Union Station. Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for somniferous
hypnotic
Adjective
  • Your use of long takes and hypnotic camera movement has become a signature.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
  • To achieve the scene's hypnotic slow-motion effect, Anderson asked his actors to move unnaturally fast, leading del Toro to question whether the technique would translate on screen.
    EW.com, EW.com, 6 June 2025

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“Somniferous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somniferous. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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