Term Gallery logo

Meanings of oscitant in английском

Showing lack of attention or boredom.

Related terms
Synonyms
Examples for "yawning"
Examples for "yawning"
1
That's a far better way of funding India's yawning current account gap.
Reuters
2
He would ask me about my news, only to start yawning exaggeratedly.
BBC
3
The sight was as distinct in its signification as a yawning grave.
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
4
In Thrace have I seen the earth shake open in yawning pits.
The Coming of the King
5
She almost didn't see it in time- averticalshaft yawning directly ahead.
White fire
1
It was the careful work of many long and drowsy autumn days.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2
The drowsy clocks now announced the hour of three in the morning.
Damon and Delia: A Tale
3
You turn and run, terror pumping new energy into your drowsy limbs.
Wired
4
She started up with the idea of fire in her drowsy mind.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
5
In less than fifteen minutes two drowsy-looking officers were in the room.
Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates