(v. i.) To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
(v. i.) To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.
(v. t.) To lay to sleep.
(v. t.) To stun; to stupefy.
(n.) Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.
Example Sentences:
(1) The word "fiasco" spends most of the year slumbering undisturbed, but come the exam results and it's everywhere.
(2) Westminster slumbers in recess, voters are on holiday or reeling from the latesthorrors of Isis – and Nick Clegg tersely announces Lord Rennard has been reinstated as a party member , all disciplinary action miraculously evaporated.
(3) Meanwhile, Europe continues to slumber as it encounters jihad.
(4) In the light of such events, it somehow seems appropriate to imagine the Earth beneath our feet as a slumbering giant that tosses and turns periodically in response to various pokes and prods.
(5) Now a unique conjuncture of economic and political developments has created an opportunity for Eurasia to emerge from its historical slumbers.
(6) In the week that the foreign secretary has said that it’s time to “move on” from Snowden, this slumbering scrutineer has finally got around to acknowledging the systematic trawling of web traffic and call records.
(7) The government has "finally woken up from its post-election slumber", notes Caroline de la Soujeole , from investment bank Seymour Pierce, "and is open for business … determined to find new, efficient ways of delivering services rather than cutting them".
(8) Cosby, a sheen black labrador retriever cross and Blunkett’s sixth guide dog , rouses slightly in his basket and retreats to slumber.
(9) It makes me recall the time I put a question to the director Abel Ferrara , who proceeded to slip into a dense and restful slumber before I had finished speaking.
(10) We can't see much, apart from raised legs, the back one woman's head, clenched hands and a slumbering cat.
(11) How long will it be until England’s great and neglected northern regions too awaken from their slumbers?
(12) I know they'll all be running half-marathons in their 70s and teaching their grandchildren how to hang-glide in the Andes while I'm being fed soup in a day hall and singing the Harry Hood song in my demented slumbers.
(13) To say Gestede shook things up a bit would be an understatement and, equally important, the substitute striker brought the previously slumbering Jordan Ayew to life.
(14) Once roused from her slumbers, Nemesis would mount a two-wheeled chariot drawn by griffins (Sturmey and Archer) and, brandishing an array of carpet tacks, set out on her mission to destroy cyclists who sneered.
(15) Me and my friends would dance to the soundtrack at slumber parties.
(16) Scientists in the US claim to have a new explanation for why we sleep: in the hours spent slumbering, a rubbish disposal service swings into action that cleans up waste in the brain.
(17) At the other end, United’s defence slumbered and Jeremain Lens was allowed to hit a shot at goal that David de Gea saved well.
(18) The massive relocation, slated for completion next year, will involve darting the elephants from a helicopter, hoisting the slumbering animals by crane and loading them in crates on to trucks for a ride of about 185 miles (300km) to Malawi’s Nkhotakota wildlife reserve.
(19) We’ve won Hove!” Blair is said to have said to colleagues, or to a slumbering Cherie.
(20) Instead they were becalmed, much like the slumbering outfit Van Gaal so often sends out.
Snooze
Definition:
(n.) A short sleep; a nap.
(v. i.) To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.
Example Sentences:
(1) CONS Unpopular with younger staff, who view Switzerland as a snooze.
(2) They have also given us all a contest worth watching – instead of a summer-long snooze.
(3) There's a sense of generations passing in a haze of crisp formalities, with decades of unexpressed emotions left to accumulate, like dust on a snoozing duchess.
(4) But the starter, at least, doesn't say snooze to me.
(5) Photograph: Guardian The leaders met, hugged, talked, and talked, late into the night while the press pack lingered (or snoozed) Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) @graemewearden it's @benedict_king @BrunoBrussels @SpiegelPeter I can see...
(6) Isometimes long for a proper retirement, just pottering about in the garden, going on dog walks, playing the piano, or lying about reading, snacking, watching telly, snoozing the afternoons away.
(7) Contrary to the "snoozing" allegation, Apple Store activity told Apple exactly the what , the how , and the how much of Nest's business.
(8) Immediately after the murder, Mota’s father and brother pursued the getaway vehicles and happened upon some snoozing police officers, who continued the chase.
(9) [...] Google's aggressiveness has once again caught Apple snoozing.
(10) After a couple of days tearing around this undulating terrain, stopping for coffee and Kuchen in cosy places such as Berghotel Körbersee, where I had to step over a snoozing St Bernard to access the toilet, I ventured further into the backcountry with the Warth ski school , whose range of guided off-piste excursions is more original than any I have seen.
(11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Renovated ship crates, known as Zzz pods Top 10 museum cafes and restaurants in Paris Read more We discovered a row of glass “Zzz” pods – renovated ship crates in their own gardens that are free to hire for 1½ hours to snooze or relax in – and also a five-lane running track.
(12) Congressman Gosar can hit the snooze button and be in denial or he can choose to be part of the solution.” A recent poll conducted by Faith in Public Life found significant partisan differences in approval of Pope Francis .
(13) A study, published in the journal Appetite , found differences in the diets of people who slept for seven to eight hours a night compared with those snoozing for five.
(14) And it is thanks to Abbott's arrival, and the effect it has already had, that this long summer will not be the snooze-fest I had feared.
(15) The boom of big data, and the technology that makes its collection and analysis possible, has brought with it a global fascination with tracking every step, snooze and calorie.
(16) Her changes this year include a shake-up of the Sunday schedule, traditionally a day of hangovers and snoozing through long sessions.
(17) Neither change could alter Marseille’s fate, which had been sealed by their three-minute snooze.
(18) And CEOs don't hit snooze: most of them claim to leap out of bed in the morning (even though it's basically still night) and more than one said that "life is too exciting" for sleep.
(19) It was sometimes dull even with him, but without him it really would have been snooze TV.
(20) Some are simple, such as hitting snooze on the alarm clock or choosing what to eat for breakfast, while others – like deciding who to marry, or what career to pursue – require deep reflection, thought and analysis.