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as in sleepy
desiring or needing sleep
the drowsy students shuffled into the first-period class
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as in hypnotic
tending to cause sleep
listened to drowsy music while waiting in the dentist's office
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Recent Examples of drowsy
Fatigue Being tired at the end of the day or drowsy at bedtime is not the same thing as fatigue, which is more severe than simply feeling tired.
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Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Nov. 2024
Improving Detectors’ Effectiveness According to the Foundation for Traffic Safety, 17 percent of all fatal crashes involve a drowsy driver.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
In these professions, long hours on the road contribute to drowsy driving.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Each of the systems is trained to pick up on different combinations of signs that a driver is drowsy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
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Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Nov. 2024
Improving Detectors’ Effectiveness According to the Foundation for Traffic Safety, 17 percent of all fatal crashes involve a drowsy driver.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
In these professions, long hours on the road contribute to drowsy driving.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Each of the systems is trained to pick up on different combinations of signs that a driver is drowsy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
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The once relatively sleepy city, long overshadowed by its neighbor Como, has now woken up—and established itself as a destination unto itself.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Vogue,
21 Jan. 2025
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This southern island in the country’s archipelago is a sleepy place, a welcome respite from the development, sometimes overdevelopment, going on elsewhere in the region including the country’s main island Providenciales.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Their fusion of folk instrumentation and electronic production makes for a hypnotic, genre-blurring experience.—
Rob Reed,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Svengali sets his sights on Trilby O’Farrell (Marian Marsh), an artist’s model, and the sinister teacher’s pattern of manipulation and ruin seems to be repeating itself yet again—but Trilby’s old lover, Billee (Bramwell Fletcher), seeks to discover the truth about Svengali’s hypnotic influence.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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Telogen Stage The telogen stage of the hair cycle is a resting phase, during which the hair doesn't grow, and the follicle is dormant.1 About 10% to 15% of the hairs on your body are in this resting phase at any one time, which typically lasts for a few months.—
Nancy LeBrun,
Verywell Health,
13 Jan. 2025
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Green Bay could finish as high as sixth in the NFC if the resting Rams lose to the 49ers, potentially setting up a first-round matchup against the division-rival Lions.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2024
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“Drowsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowsy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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