somnolence

• “Mr. Ventnor sat in an armchair on the opposite side of the fire; and, finding a kind of somnolence creeping over him, pinched himself.”

  Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works

• “Though the movie is endeavoring to rouse the youth of a nation out of some kind of somnolence, it still adheres to a retrograde movie morality out of 30s-era Hollywood.”

  GreenCine Daily

• “Thus, they could not understand his excessive somnolence in the forenoon, nor his excessive activity at night.”

  When the World Was Young

• “She underwent what was fashionably known in those days as a cure de sommeil, a treatment that involved being pumped so full of tranquilizers she was “in a constant state of somnolence.””

  Simon & Schuster: A Covert Affair

• “Karen occasionally talked in her sleep, muttering and mumbling, no words that he could decipher, the language of somnolence.”

  Furlough

• “But what happens in the body to cause this post-feast dip—known as postprandial somnolence in the medical community—isn't clear.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Week in Words

• “Holiday Snooze postprandial somnolence The urge to nap after a heavy meal like the Thanksgiving feast is commonly referred to as food coma.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Week in Words

• “Now the seismic force of the Egyptian revolution has shaken them out of years of somnolence.”

  The Washington Post: Egyptian parties take first steps toward democracy

• “But what happens in the body to cause this post-feast dip—known as postprandial somnolence in the medical community—isn't clear, according to nutrition and sleep experts.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Countdown to a Food Coma

• “Orvetti's recap at NBCWashington.com: The event was respectful to the point of somnolence, with candidates offering one-minute answers to moderators' questions and not engaging one another.”

  The Washington Post: DeMorning DeBonis: Feb. 4, 2011

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