slumbery

Example Sentences

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My dreams about Jim hadn’t been specific — no clear directions or visions — just a repeated slumbery tap on the shoulder.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

So the passage down the full and slumbery Fal seemed nearly a soundless thing.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest

Before Lady Macbeth is disclosed walking in her sleep, her doctor and her waiting-gentlewoman are sent on to tell the audience of her "slumbery agitation."

From Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker

Sideway his face repos'd On one white arm, and tenderly unclos'd, By tenderest pressure, a faint damask mouth To slumbery pout; just as the morning south Disparts a dew-lipp'd rose.

From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John