sleepy
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And when one of us finally came padding down the wooden stairs, sleepy and rumpled and operating on a schedule she would never have personally endorsed, there was no reproach.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced from neighbouring Belgium.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
He faces Republican state Sen. David Brock Smith in a sleepy blue-state race that Merkley is favored to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Residents of Parsons, a sleepy farming outpost, agree on many things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
She kind of half closed her eyes, as if she was sleepy or something, and tilted her head a little to one side.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
After next week, deal flow may slow during the usually sleepier months of July and August and pick back up again after Labor Day.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
As a shopping event, the day itself is sleepier, and the deals are available much longer.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
Cutting back on time in bed works partly through mild sleep deprivation, which makes you sleepier.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2025
While December remains a sleepier month for new book releases than other times of the year, December 2024 offers quite a few terrific titles, so many that it was difficult to choose among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2024
Then I woke up, feeling sleepier than when I lay down.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
When the sleepiest central bank on Earth becomes the one that matters, the plot has thickened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Time of day factors in because of our biological clocks; we’re sleepiest late at night and early in the morning.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2025
Even the sleepiest off-season Sunday can suddenly erupt into the latest melodramatic controversy, with rumours, counter-rumours and abrupt U-turns a matter of course.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
That may be because the sleeper is also the sleepiest.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
Even the grumpiest and sleepiest of the men stood up straight.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
