[
US
/ˈsɑmnəɫənt/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
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