Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective sleeping lightly.
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- verb Present participle of
drowse . - noun The condition of being
drowsy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective half asleep
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Examples
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After a disturbed night's rest Burr awoke early and called his drowsing companion.
A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett William Henry Venable 1878
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A bridge, scorched yellow palms from the summer-sleeping house drowsing through August.
John Lundberg: Britain's Leaders Name Their Favorite Poems John Lundberg 2010
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Passed out this evening on the couch, but didn't sleep all that long, maybe 90 minutes of broken drowsing.
January 5th, 2009 archmage 2009
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Again Saxon was drowsing, when the rustling sound was heard, this time closer.
CHAPTER II 2010
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Last night, after drinks at Grey and drowsing (drunk and browsing) at the new Elliott Bay book store, I saw a bill of bands at the nearby Healthy Times Fun Club.
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No cuckoos in Oberlin -- at least none that I have heard - although I did encounter a skunk who was drowsing under my car in the old shed that doubles as a garage behind my house ... you should have seen me run the other way as he woke up!!!
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Something about the powdery pallor, the intelligent brow, the drowsing accent.
ZOMBIES ARE NOT THE NEW VAMPIRES: THEY DON’T SUCK | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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A bridge, scorched yellow palms from the summer-sleeping house drowsing through August.
John Lundberg: Britain's Leaders Name Their Favorite Poems John Lundberg 2010
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Something about the powdery pallor, the intelligent brow, the drowsing accent.
ZOMBIES ARE NOT THE NEW VAMPIRES: THEY DON’T SUCK | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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A bridge, scorched yellow palms from the summer-sleeping house drowsing through August.
John Lundberg: Britain's Leaders Name Their Favorite Poems John Lundberg 2010
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