doze

Example Sentences

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Teenagers and street dogs dozed in the sun.

From Los Angeles Times

The princess tended to doze in her chair for much of the day, which meant she was often awake late at night, playing solitaire alone in her room.

From Literature

Penelope, slumped in the first row of the auditorium, yawned and dozed until the children had to poke her awake.

From Literature

“The roof of Ashton Place seems to have sprung a leak,” she thought, still in a deep doze.

From Literature

He even seemed to doze off at one point in the middle of a presentation by Dr. Mehmet Oz, who runs Medicare and Medicaid, in the Oval Office.

From Salon