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Meanings of somnolent in inglés

Inclined to or marked by drowsiness.

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Usage of somnolent in inglés
1
From within comes the steady, somnolent buzz of a great many flies.
Black house
2
The electorate was somnolent and permitted the politician to have his way.
The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Par...
3
There was a most enormous, somnolent, loudly-snoring mastiff there when we met.
For Honor We Stand
4
The street, save for a distant and presumably somnolent policeman, was deserted.
The Confessions of Artemas Quibble / Being the Ingenuous and Unv...
5
Casey muttered, staring down upon a somnolent wilderness blanketed with hushed midnight.
The Trail of the White Mule
6
Says the decision violently disrupted the owners' somnolent, nineteenth century industry.
The new yorker
7
Then for some minutes he continued in somnolent contemplation of the courthouse front.
The Iron Furrow
8
He is the Turk of the intellect made somnolent by meditation.
Beatrix
9
McCartney's last several musical efforts have been exercises in somnolent pop.
Wired
10
The fellow was somnolent, and in sepulchral silence we journeyed to Vine Street.
Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales
11
By dint of much persuasion I dragged from the somnolent George various details.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
12
With thunder and heavenly fireworks must one speak to indolent and somnolent senses.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
13
The street, somnolent with approaching noon, was deserted-thechild had disappeared.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
14
The Senate Intelligence Committee has been seemingly somnolent since shortly after Trump's inauguration.
Reuters
15
From the phrase 'inter-somnolent,' he appears to prefer the intermediate condition.
Cock Lane and Common-Sense
16
He is also a compelling orator where Romney seems slick and Thompson somnolent.
The Guardian
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