slumbering

• Of a certainty Gloy was not slumbering, and Gloy was not there The lads were too amazed to utter a word, but Pirate made up for their silence by barking and howling his delight at being in company once more. —  Viking Boys
• While Tom was quietly slumbering, the wolves had driven them away Then we reaped the fruits of R.'s precious plan of traveling in company with emigrants. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
• Do not be beguiled into thinking it can be arranged by a half-slumbering prayer in bed. —  To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work
• She seemed an alabaster statue executed by some skilful sculptor to place upon the tomb of a queen, or rather, perhaps, like a slumbering maiden over whom the silent snow had woven a spotless veil I could no longer maintain my constrained attitude of prayer. —  Clarimonde
• Oh, to feel the long-slumbering sensation rise within one's self; to see that which was obscure to us yesterday become crystal-clear to-day; to love more passionately, to understand a little better, to know a little more: that is, to us women, the real progress, the only progress which we must desire and seek after! —  The Choice of Life

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