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.

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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.”

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.

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.

Week in Words

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

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.

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.

DeMorning DeBonis: Feb. 4, 2011