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drowse

noun as in doze

noun as in slumber

verb as in doze

verb as in drop off

verb as in nod

verb as in snooze

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verb as in yawn

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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.

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Taran drowsed with one hand on the iron brooch, the other grasping his sword.

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The greyhound lay on its side, drowsing, one chestnut-colored eye only partly closed and rolling grotesquely in the socket.

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

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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.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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