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sleepy

[slee-pee] / ˈsli pi /


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The crowd was mesmerized by their video of the sleepy polar bear being loaded into a net and lifted into the air by helicopter, and Owen couldn’t help but turn to watch with them.

From Literature

Easy to get sleepy, especially when it was a geography module.

From Literature

The shock felt in this sleepy town has been compounded by confusion at how a rail route that ran efficiently for so long suddenly failed.

From BBC

“But maybe this is what it takes to pull Denmark out of its sleepy super atlanticism.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s someone downstairs says they need to see you immediately,” came the landlord’s sleepy voice.

From Literature