slumbering

Example Sentences

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My dining table is cluttered with mail, yet-to-be-shipped jars of homemade jam and, more often than not, an enormous, slumbering pile of Maine Coon.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

"The border with Lithuania is in 30 minutes," the assistant shouted to rouse slumbering passengers.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Or a small, scrunched face slumbering in a stroller.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

For example, lower levels of sleep apnoea – when breathing stops and starts while slumbering – is thought to be down to losing weight around the tongue and throat, which can block the airways.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

Juno had said something about him slumbering, and he did have a vague feeling that he’d been asleep—maybe for a long time.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan