slumber
Example Sentences
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Football awoke from its slumber in June 2020, squeezing the end of a season into a couple of months.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Natural disasters are inevitable, but often, the most devastating slumber for decades, sometimes centuries, only awakening when provoked.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
Maybe you want to identify what messes with your slumber, such as working out late, or monitor your patterns over time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Here, a slumber party of the rich and powerful wants to zap their misdeeds from memory so they can get a good night’s sleep.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
He never saw how Adah chose her own exile; how Rachel was dying for the normal life of slumber parties and record albums she was missing.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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