How to Use sleepy in a Sentence

sleepy

adjective

• She felt sleepy and went to bed.
• It’s been a sleepy fall so far, but that all changes for you this month.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
• Howes and Petersen, sleepy and half dazed, took turns at the wheel on the long drive home.
  — Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
• Then again, San Diego isn’t the same sleepy town, either.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
• Satchel is thirty-one, with a lanky climber’s build and a sleepy smile.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022
• Henry high-fived the sleepy-eyed kids, who didn’t want the season to end.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2021
• This was a sleepy town that had never seen crimes like this.
  — Megan Vick, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2024
• Monday’s mass killing marked the second time the sleepy town has made headlines in the last month.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• Students’ yawns turn to smiles; their sleepy eyes light up.
  — Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2022
• Sasha’s sleepy dog Quincy even made a cameo on the album with his snores.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• The little girl yawns and closes her eyes, a whisper of a smile on her sleepy face.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
• Your ruler, the unitive Moon, is soothing your sleepy 12th house.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• And with that amount of firepower even there was no chance of getting sleepy even in the night scenes.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
• With his swoopy chestnut hair, sleepy blue eyes, and god-like jaw, Gabriel ticks all of the boxes of My Type.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2022
• The outcry from the fans in those cities, where seasons go to die, that if sleepy San Diego can do it, why not us?
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The next stop was a cheese shop that her grandmother had loved, in the sleepy border town of San Elizario.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
• Even when strange things start to happen in his sleepy village.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 21 Sep. 2022
• Such is the state of the union these days that no forum seems too small or too sleepy to be polarized.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021
• Today, the sleepy resort town is still home to a clutch of cool hotels, like the Kanopi House and Geejam.
  — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
• For eyes, use a round tip to pipe brown frosting in small half-circles to make adorably sleepy eyes.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2022
• Utilities, once a sleepy corner of the stock market, are up 4.15% for the week.
  — Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024
• Feeling sleepy but don’t want to miss New York’s famous ball-drop?
  — Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 27 Nov. 2022
• That's because blue light stops the release of melatonin, the body's sleepy time hormone.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022
• To an investor or a new C.E.O., the sleepy heritage brand can work as an advantage.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2024
• Pushing yourself to the max is one surefire way to shake off a sleepy feeling.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 22 Jan. 2022
• The dessert is a sight for sleepy eyes late at night: soothing nursery food no matter your age.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
• Often too sleepy to fly, the insects crash into the hard ground or almond trees.
  — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
• The teens are sleepy and quiet at first, normal for juniors and seniors.
  — Erin Richards, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
• The bottom line: Regulated event markets were somewhat sleepy in the U.S. before a green light from the courts opened up election betting a month before the election.
  — Brady Dale, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
• Older people who feel sleepy during the day may be more likely to develop a syndrome that can lead to dementia, according to a study published on Wednesday.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024