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drowse

[drouz] / draʊz /














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Of the 63 subjects who dropped the glass as they drowsed, 26 did so after they had already passed through N1 sleep.

From Scientific American

Late one night the drowsing pro got a phone call at home.

From Golf Digest

While summer often wakes me at 4am with dawn, in winter I can sleep for hours, surrendering to my bed shortly after 9pm, and drowsing there until my morning alarm.

From The Guardian

Halime watches them eat, her youngest baby drowsing on her breast.

From New York Times

All of this was heady news of a world far removed from hankies and thimbles, patiently delivered to me under a tree amidst the drowsing bees and nodding wildflowers.

From Literature