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

In the same way I prefer Apollonius’s spell for soothing the dragon, as much terser and more somniferous than the spell put by Mr. Morris into the lips of Medea. 

From Adventures Among Books by Lang, Andrew

Enchanted with his inspiration, he sets to work at once preparing the somniferous drink.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall