siesta

Example Sentences

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Animals go to their shelter, humans have a siesta, even plants have mechanisms to avoid an overdose of light.

From Science Daily

The entire town seemed to be taking a siesta.

From Los Angeles Times

“I did not present the award for Best Picture. I am not Al Pacino. Maybe you dreamed this during one of your courtroom siestas?”

From New York Times

Dubbed the “mass siesta,” the event was in commemoration of World Sleep Day.

From Seattle Times

While some argue for a stricter definition of the phenomenon, others include naps, siestas, and brief nighttime forays as examples of modern segmented sleep patterns.

From National Geographic