nodding off
Example Sentences
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Drowsy driving isn’t just the act of nodding off at the wheel.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2025
The watchdog said exhaustion was also a risk to staff themselves with some complaining of nodding off at the wheel on the way home and reports of staff dying in road accidents after work.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025
His wife nodding off in front of the TV news.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025
“The city that never sleeps versus the defendant who keeps nodding off during the trial.”
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024
Rolling to the side, I tucked my arm under my head and was just nodding off to sleep when my fingertips brushed against a thick piece of paper someone had tucked under my pillow.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
