soporific 1 of 2

soporific

2 of 2

noun

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of soporific
Noun
For the Grand Prix on Sunday, as the cars have become wider, longer and heavier, the racing is soporific, with virtually no overtaking. Ian Parkes, New York Times, 22 May 2025 Traveling to Hydra is normally a relaxing, almost soporific affair. Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025 Rather than aiming for the unique, which might pierce our haze of distraction, art has succumbed to marketable generalities: stock music on Spotify, soporific streams of Netflix content. Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025 While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy, that fact has frequently been forgotten through productions that fall into the soporific trap set by angsty, moping, lovelorn characters losing their hearts and minds in the Russian countryside. Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soporific
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soporific
Adjective
  • With 2020’s roguelike Hades, Supergiant Games mastered the hypnotic allure of the live-die-repeat cycle by making every attempt have meaning.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Spacey guitar, hypnotic synths and jazzy percussion bubbled under Zardoya's spell-binding vocals.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The end of her life was, to borrow a phrase from Paul’s novel The Sheltering Sky, a dream of terror: in and out of hospitals; episodes of psychosis; copious amounts of gin, strokes, sedatives.
    Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • At higher doses, kratom can be used as a sedative and potentially cause psychosis.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Spike takes one of Kelson's tranquilizer darts filled with morphine and stabs Samson in the arm with it.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Jacintha, a horseback rider, was familiar with ketamine as a horse tranquilizer but had never heard of it as a last-stop mental health treatment for treatment-resistant patients like Lucy, who was diagnosed with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Podcast

Cite this Entry

“Soporific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soporific. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on soporific

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!