nodding off
Example Sentences
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By the time we crossed into Arizona that first night, I was back in my roomette nodding off, lulled like a baby atop a washing machine.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 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
“The city that never sleeps versus the defendant who keeps nodding off during the trial.”
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024
For sleepy humans, nodding off can be inconvenient—say, during a boring lecture—or even downright dangerous, such as while driving a car.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2023
Together they watched children scampering about with glowing faces and eventually nodding off in their mothers’ arms.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
