somnolent
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Exoprojection in which the somnolent user is able to assume a conscious awareness of an ideal reality from the past.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Amid skepticism that he couldn’t coach at the higher level, Jackson tore the program down to the studs, brought in 86 new players, and blanketed the somnolent program with passion and positivity.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2023
But it also brought youth, diversity and better wages — breathing new life into somnolent towns that had been losing population since the 1930s.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021
And he played with a kind of brilliant camouflage, seeming to be somnolent for long stretches before asserting himself at urgent moments with a mesmerizing dribble, astounding pass or stabbing shot.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020
She grew weak and somnolent, could spend hours lying in the shade looking up at the sun, uninterested in anything else.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing somnolent
"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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