as in sleep
a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself
a toddler looking so innocent and peaceful in slumber
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Recent Examples of slumber
Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
The trees stop shedding their leaves and fall into a slumber.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
My guess is this will take two to four hours that could have been less fruitfully spent slumbering.
—Kate Greathead, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Noun
While getting too little sleep can cause many negative effects, an excess of slumber can pose risks like sleep inertia, which is the feeling of grogginess that occurs after sleeping in for too long.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
The trees stop shedding their leaves and fall into a slumber.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
But there are other dangers lurking in the forests that rearrange themselves at night, rivers with slumbering dragons waiting beneath the water, and shapeshifting beasts out for blood.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
My guess is this will take two to four hours that could have been less fruitfully spent slumbering.
—Kate Greathead, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumber
Noun
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Negotiations dragged on until 3am each night and resumed in the morning after a few hours of sleep, a U.S. official said.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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In a 2017 review of 34 studies published in Advances in Preventive Medicine, 29 found exercise improves both the quantity and quality of sleep.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In a video posted to her Instagram on Sunday, Jan. 19, the 43-year-old reality star shared footage of her 2-year-old son, Phoenix, cozily napping in a blanket alongside two of their beloved pups.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Seniors, on the other hands, may be content with a cozy corner to nap in.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Looking like the cross between a spermatozoon and a tadpole, this needy, frail little infant is wrapped tightly in swaddling clothes, resting on the dresser and then the drawer of poor Jack Nance’s apartment in an industrial hellscape.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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Athletes or those in particularly good shape often have resting pulses below that 60 threshold.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Since the train doesn’t have a second floor, the upper bed has more space and the person sleeping there can sit without hitting their head — something my husband appreciated greatly.—
Christin Parcerisa Vigueras,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Jan. 2025
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Just keep in mind that the bed is only available in a full-size.—
Carly Totten,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Slumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumber. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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