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Recent Examples of drowse
Lynette Rice, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2019
The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
Noun
The wealthy suburb of Phoenix drowses in the heat of the Sonoran Desert, sprinkled with luxury resorts catering to snowbirds in what Arizonans call the Valley of the Sun.
—Lynette Rice, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2019
Verb
Stars lounged and drowsed: Muhammad Ali with a newspaper, Peter Cook in his old mac on a lilo in a Hollywood pool.
—The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowse
Noun
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The creature will eventually amble up to a house with a cracked attic window, slipping inside for an early afternoon nap.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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And, for overnight guests, on-site staycations, or just taking an afternoon nap after a day at the beach, the one-bedroom, one-bath beachfront bungalow’s lounge spills onto a private patio.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
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This Plum Blossom kit contains over 300 pieces and is great for tweens and teens who want to relax and enjoy a moment of zen.Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 29 Nov. 2024
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OpenAI relaxed its policy on secondary share sales in June, after employees complained.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Below Nancy Nehring's house, a hunk of metal rested on the sidewalk.Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
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Her keyboard has keys in pastel colors that clack like a typewriter’s; next to it rests a glass mug of grass-green matcha latte.Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
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All-Star Game and a cute shot of Dunne dozing in the backseat of a car with their puppy Roux.Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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As the name suggests, those kinds of power naps are reminiscent of the ways our feline friends seem to laze and doze their entire days away.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
Verb
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Volcanoes become restless and then go back to slumbering all the time.Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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The debauchery gets cut short when the vampires struggle to slumber and realize that housekeeping swept away their ancestral dirt.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Drowse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowse. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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