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[ US /ˈsɑmnəɫənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. inclined to or marked by drowsiness
    `slumbery' is archaic
    slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes
    the sound had a somnolent effect

How To Use somnolent In A Sentence

  • The somnolent Hampden conference suddenly started to come alive as he laid into Labour as a waste of space in Westminster.
  • But they - like the infamous somnolent dogs of Bucharest streets, like the drab, grey concrete blocks in the suburbs - are not what Romania's future is about.
  • It is sad that there are ineffective ministers and somnolent bureaucracy giving the people a raw deal.
  • It wasn't his report ‘ad-libbed to a small, somnolent audience at 6.07’ that did the damage.
  • Or maybe the burlesquing hepcat Spaniards will roll one by the somnolent Coasters. shedders on 9 May 2010 Pop World Cup 2010: Round of 16 Match 8 – Spain 1 Cote d’Ivoire 0 | FreakyTrigger
  • A poetaster's aesthetic feathers had been ruffled, but his humanity, anemic and amoral, had remained unstirred, somnolent, and moribund.
  • Her somnolent black eyes and tenderly pursed pink lips intrude upon the eggshell delicacy of her face with the most delicate affection.
  • A poetaster's aesthetic feathers had been ruffled, but his humanity, anemic and amoral, had remained unstirred, somnolent, and moribund.
  • While the Committee was looking at the strange electoral role practices of the family of the somnolent Queensland backbencher, he seemed to have something different to say.
  • It earned a word of praise from me, which pleased my companion, though the little town was poorly lit and somnolent. THE TARTAN RINGERS
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