catnap
Example Sentences
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On good ones, they found a lodging house and raced upstairs, hoping to claim a catnap before that evening’s gig.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024
Some marine mammals sleep while swimming and some seabirds catnap while flying, letting one half of the brain doze while the other keeps working.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2021
He was a freshman in 1950, catching a catnap in his dormitory between classes, when loud voices outside woke him.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2020
You can even grab a quick catnap on your break.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2020
I decide to take a little catnap while I got the chance.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
Vocabulary lists containing catnap
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