doze

Example Sentences

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I’m not sure who dozes off first, but when I wake up again, the morning sunlight is streaming through the small basement windows.

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Finally he did sleep, a shallow doze filled with nightmares.

From Literature

Orion had dozed off on a plush floor mat.

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“I know you’ll think I’m crazy. Maybe I dozed off, or maybe I’m so worn out I’m hallucinating, but I think I saw a big spotted cat running along my side. Looked like a leopard.”

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Somewhere in the night he’d flipped the bookcase over and floated the rest of the way lying inside, dozing safe as a chick in its nest.

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