as in napping
to sleep lightly or briefly
picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree
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Recent Examples of drowsing
Bear in mind that those 55 million impressions were totted up long before Nielsen began counting scores of drowsing aunts and hyperactive toddlers among its national TV deliveries.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
27 Nov. 2025
Jena looked over at the man’s camel, drowsing alongside the tent.
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Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
27 Nov. 2025
Jena looked over at the man’s camel, drowsing alongside the tent.
—
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowsing
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He was spotted napping and playing with traffic cones near Tasmania's capital, Hobart.
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By then, however, Jaxon was napping at the daycare center across town before an Easter egg hunt planned that afternoon.
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Following the convincing 3-0 victory over Czechia while resting some starters, the atmosphere on the Mexican team has been very relaxed, with several videos showing the players joking around with each other.
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On the facing page was Gompers’s block print/line drawing of the Tibetan saint and poet Milarepa sitting in a lotus position, a Sierra cup at his feet, and a Campingaz Bleuet stove resting on a boulder.
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Nothing etches itself in your heart quite like the memory of watching a pack of energetic African wild dogs frolicking, a lioness and her cubs dozing on the Kalahari with your own kids tucked in close.
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Victor Nicholas ended up dozing with his head on her shoulder.
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Their football was slumbering, stuttering.
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And amazingly, photographs of them have been slumbering in archives or circulating unidentified for almost a century.
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“Drowsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowsing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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