sleepy
Example Sentences
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Monday's quake sowed panic in otherwise sleepy parts of Mindnao.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The city controller’s race, normally a fairly sleepy affair, has turned into the second-highest-spending race in the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
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
Luckily she was too sleepy to give me much of a hard time.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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