somniferous

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Everyone was back in the Dolby Theatre, a welcome return after last year’s somniferous experiment from Steven Soderbergh, which was held in Los Angeles’s Union Station.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022

Still, it’s a somniferous situation for the photographers, who camp out in their cars for hours at a time for a few seconds of activity.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2019

About 15% sleep less than 6� hours, and a somniferous 15% slumber on for more than � hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instant around his heels his wings he binds; His rod somniferous grasps; nor leaves his cap.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

This yelp, sounding above the somniferous monotone of grumbling, stirred Cap'n Sproul from his dozing.

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman