sleepy

Example Sentences

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But that oddly specific timing during a normally sleepy part of the NFL calendar owes to the league’s arcane salary cap rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

That all spells exciting times for sleepy, regulated natural monopolies that control the last kilometer to the customer.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

I almost always add flaky salt, too, because salt is what keeps sweetness from becoming sleepy.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Races for the office tend to be sleepy affairs, but this year’s contest has featured last-minute entrants, a whopping influx of cash and defections among the incumbent’s key supporters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Then they stagger back to work looking sleepy.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman