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Meanings of soporific in English
Synonyms
Examples for "somniferous"
Examples for "somniferous"
1
His somniferous voice tended to send his pupils into a waking doze.
2
Her study of library-cataloguing, recording, books of reference, was easy and not too somniferous.
3
Starlight paddling over reflected stars was enchanting, but somniferous.
4
He seemed very tired, overcome with somniferous stupor.
5
It was of a remarkably somniferous character,-thecunning Le Duc had evidently some object in playing thus.
1
At last the soporiferous fumes of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.
2
The garden is also enriched by the cucumber, the soporiferous poppy, and the daffodil, and the acanthus.
3
One of these, Erdaviraph, a young but holy prelate, received from the hands of his brethren three cups of soporiferous wine.
4
'July l3.- Icannotthink that I have not again imbibed some soporiferous drug.
5
"Whence I conclude," said Fritz, addressing himself, "that my orations must be somewhat soporiferous."
1
On the descent into New York, he half awak- ened, to a hypnagogic state.
2
A middle-of-the-night state of consciousness that isn't hypnagogic, either.
3
He can make his voice hypnagogic if he wants, keep you totally drunk on it.
4
But there was a moment, that hypnagogic shift where the thoughts of the day faded into dream and the guards of rationality fell.
5
The voices I heard-clipped ,angrysyllables- Iascribedto the combination of listening to Eros for hours on end and the hypnagogic twilight of my mind.
1
"Note the decentralized structure of the hypnogogic state-inducers in the hypothalamus." Typhon comments.
Usage of soporific in English
1
Maybe McFarlane's Scots growl just conveys greater determination than Jenkins's soporific slogans.
2
The mere sight of them sparks memories of interminable, soporific biology lessons.
3
It was almost soporific, the hauling of the oars, forward and back.
4
The next time you smell mignonette, think of it as a soporific.
5
Awake, she felt sorry for herself, and sorrow, no soporific, induced sorrow.
6
He has all the signs of a soporific person; but who knows?
7
Henry was lank and soporific, and not inclined to rush his business.
8
A comfortable chair, and moon-light, and a German lullaby are soporific influences.
9
With early autumn arrives the mildly soporific aroma of freshly cut hay.
10
Are there not soporific dreams and sweet deliriums more soothing than Reason?
11
Even the old German in the back row seemed plunged in soporific inattention.
12
The question of livening up the soporific proceedings had been raised.
13
Needless to say, this could become soporific in the wrong hands.
14
They merged into one whisper, eschewing all outside noise, almost soporific in rhythm.
15
The medicine must be a soporific as well as a febrifuge.
16
Evidently soporific substances had been mixed with the food we had just taken.
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