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Meanings of drowsy in английском
Synonyms
Examples for "drowsing"
Examples for "drowsing"
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.
1
I read them in the dozy hours, and only half remember them.
2
The face lines squiggled their way into an expression of dozy obedience.
3
Joanna picks a dozy of a fight over Laura when they return home.
4
In adverse conditions, it gets you dozy and cosy, and quickly.
5
That's why his abrupt appearance within their dozy scene frightened them.
Usage of drowsy in английском
1
It was the careful work of many long and drowsy autumn days.
2
The drowsy clocks now announced the hour of three in the morning.
3
You turn and run, terror pumping new energy into your drowsy limbs.
4
She started up with the idea of fire in her drowsy mind.
5
In less than fifteen minutes two drowsy-looking officers were in the room.
6
So with the crew; they were resting, though not in drowsy slumberings.
7
The old priest grew drowsy in the warm sunlight and fell asleep.
8
I am tired; and the sound of your voice makes me drowsy.
9
The birds twittered and chirped; the creek hummed its drowsy, soothing melody.
10
At first the animal acts drowsy; later violent nervous symptoms may develop.
11
The old man grew drowsy in the warm sunlight and fell asleep.
12
In about five minutes his valet appeared, half-dressed and looking very drowsy.
13
She smelt of some drowsy perfume squeezed from the glands of animals.
14
In the doorways soft-eyed Syrian women rocked their babies to drowsy chants.
15
But he still remained in the room-watchingher as she grew drowsy.
16
But after supper I got drowsy and fell asleep in my section.
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Drowsy through the time
Drowsy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common