somnolent

• There was the Hon. Freddy Arbuthnot, looking amiable, Chief-Inspector Parker, looking worried, Lord Peter, looking somnolent, and Bunter, who, having introduced her, retired to a position on the fringe of the assembly and hovered there looking correct. —  Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
• He is a quiet man; yet when he is at ease, with his short legs outstretched and a blackened pipe in his thin lips, and perhaps a drink at his elbow, he is like a somnolent cat who still in the wink of an eye could kill a mouse. —  Coughlan, Robert - Private World of William Faulkner
• The interior was dim and shadow-filled even in early afternoon; the clientele were all but somnolent, evincing no interest in their fellow man. —  Stephanie Laurens - A Fine Passion
• He kicked garbage out of his way and lay down on his back, his head cradled on his folded arms, his head canted sideways like a somnolent drunk, but with his eyes half-open and focused on the dull red door seventy feet away Kate Lane had been told not to move and to make absolutely no noise at all, but she decided to take a risk. —  The Hard Way by Lee Child
• Laquatus waved and watched the fellow jerk himself into the saddle and start up the trail The ambassador went into the hot tent to rouse his protector Turg lay somnolent, broken glass all around him. —  VANCE MOORE

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