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Meanings of drowse in anglès

portuguès
sesta

A light fitful sleep.

sesta
portuguès
dormitar
català
endormiscar-se

Sleep lightly or for a short period of time.

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endormiscar-se
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Examples for "snooze"
Examples for "snooze"
1
If you want a good snooze watch the film version of Watchmen.
The Irish Times
2
Alarm lets you set multiple wake times and offers a snooze function.
Wired
3
Rather than calling the Garda, you snooze on until you arrive home.
The Irish Times
4
You see, I had quite a snooze up there in the air.
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane; Or, Daring Adventures over the...
5
I cannot sleep in the mornings; I cannot snooze peacefully until midday.
The Girl on the Train

Drowse.

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Usage of drowse in anglès
1
I wanted to sink in against his body, be held, and drowse.
Cerulean Sins
2
It felt wonderful, luxurious, and it enticed him into a light drowse.
Sins of the Fathers
3
Unceremoniously Stair Garland awaked Louis from his drowse in the cave's mouth.
Patsy
4
Stan's voice slowed and a little while later he started to drowse.
Empty mile
5
Only me and the god of all thunder in his mildewed drowse.
Number9Dream
6
With a drowse of orient perfume drenched in light and heat:
Lundy's Lane, and Other Poems
7
She was no sensualist, longing to drowse sleepily in the lap of luxury.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
8
On the homeward passage a little drowse fell upon the two charter members.
Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Season...
9
It had begun to plan even as It began to drowse.
IT
10
The very statues seemed to drowse like watchers by a death-bed.
Crucial Instances
11
The end-of-day bell sounded louder than usual, waking her from a light drowse.
Winter door
12
We're all tired to-night and it will be good to drowse and dream.
The Faery Tales of Weir
13
Why cannot I be content to dream and drowse a little?
The Altar Fire
14
And she cried to the Old World cities that drowse by the Eastern main:
The California Birthday Book / Prose and Poetical Selections fro...
15
Slowly before the drowse of darkness, the noises quieted and the fires died down.
The Way of an Indian
16
It was two o'clock; Richard sat with his head bent forward, in a drowse.
The Stillwater Tragedy
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Translations for drowse
Drowse through the time
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