somniferous

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Everyone was back in the Dolby Theatre, a welcome return after last year’s somniferous experiment from Steven Soderbergh, which was held in Los Angeles’s Union Station.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022

Still, it’s a somniferous situation for the photographers, who camp out in their cars for hours at a time for a few seconds of activity.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2019

About 15% sleep less than 6� hours, and a somniferous 15% slumber on for more than � hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

Starlight paddling over reflected stars was enchanting, but somniferous.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various

It would be a great mistake to think that we should banish from our tables all somniferous articles.

From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette