doze off

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Each is composed of four stages: The first two are considered light sleep, where your muscles relax, your body temperature drops, and your heart rate and breathing slow as you doze off.

From Seattle Times

As you doze off, you enter the first stage of non-REM.

From Seattle Times

On board, the early risers dozed off, munched on breakfast, sipped coffee, zoned out with headphones in or discussed their plan of attack to maximize the powder day.

From Seattle Times

Then the car realizes mom is exhausted and also starting to doze off, so it gets into this chatty mode to reengage her.

From Seattle Times

Eventually, when you start to feel tired, get back into bed and try to doze off.

From New York Times