slumbering

Those that allow themselves in slumbering, will scarcely keep themselves from sleeping; therefore dread the beginning of spiritual decays; Venienti occurrite morbo -- Attend to the first symptoms of disease.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

Intemperance is nine-tenths the cause of murder, criminality and pauperism, the insanity of powerful minds -- minds which might have moulded and shaped the opinions of nations -- and could we but redeem the financial results of this black demon, and call the slumbering drunkards from their graves, we might repeople an empty world, make states, build kingdoms, erect religious and social institutions, and dedicate them to the honor and glory of God.

History of the First African Baptist Church, From its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, Etc. Emanuel King 1888

Great occasions only summon as with a trumpet-call the slumbering reserves of my intellect.

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 Mark Twain 1872

That call my slumbering life to wake to happy things.

A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul George MacDonald 1864

It was immediately succeeded by a blank look of indifference, yet beneath the assumption of indifference his eyes seemed to burn with a kind of slumbering hostility.

The Hermit of Far End Margaret Pedler

The forces that did all this vast delving and sculpturing -- the air, the rains, the frost, the sunshine -- are as active now as they ever were; but their activity is a kind of slumbering that rarely makes a sign.

Time and Change John Burroughs 1879

One minister counseled his people, let us do nothing to rekindle the slumbering fires of prejudice between the two races.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

She had depicted them just as Hap remembered, slumbering on the ledge of the sea-cave, with ocean-refracted light shimmering on their grotesque forms.

End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

I am writing this in a room strewn with wine bottles, dirty clothes, coffee cups, overturned books, and slumbering men.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

I reached across my slumbering husband for the remote.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011