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
The poppy, from its somniferous effects, has been made symbolic of sleep and oblivion; hence Virgil calls it the Lethean poppy, whilst our old pastoral poet, William Browne, speaks of it as "sleep-bringing poppy."
From The Folk-lore of Plants by T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer
He seemed very tired, overcome with somniferous stupor.
From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Enchanted with his inspiration, he sets to work at once preparing the somniferous drink.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
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