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Meanings of
drowsing
in English
Half asleep.
drowsy
dozy
Related terms
asleep
Usage of
drowsing
in English
1
Never had I seen the village
drowsing
in so sweet a peace.
2
Occasionally there was a snore; evidently Bill was
drowsing
the day away.
3
It was a brilliantly coloured solitude,
drowsing
in a warm, voluptuous silence.
4
To the
drowsing
me, everything that followed seemed somehow like a dream.
5
As I was
drowsing
off again, she spoke very gently to me.
6
Then all was still about him, and he emptied his mind,
drowsing
.
7
The mate,
drowsing
on the hard stern, finally smiled with closed eyes.
8
Is that his secret? He glanced at Mark, who was already
drowsing
.
9
Looking through the cracks, I observed my two gentlemen
drowsing
in the corner.
10
Throughout the exchange, Baze had been slumped forward, as if
drowsing
.
11
The sharpness of her voice roused old Mrs. Brenner,
drowsing
in her corner.
12
Over the whole
drowsing
world brooded the solemn hush of late summer afternoon.
13
His
drowsing
virtue had suffered the torments of a fruitless resurrection.
14
I wasn't trying to listen; I was
drowsing
,
and paying very little attention.
15
A flock of white ducks lay
drowsing
on a grassy spot.
16
He seemed dull and weary, and sat long,
drowsing
and drinking after dinner.
Other examples for "drowsing"
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About this term
drowsing
drowse
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
drowse in
drowse there
drowse away
drowse lightly
come a drowsing
More collocations
Drowsing
through the time
Drowsing
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common