How To Use Drowsy In A Sentence

Having worked himself into this ridiculous kind of phrensy, which lasted, perhaps, from twenty to thirty seconds, he suddenly discontinued it, and suffered his features to relax into their natural form; but the motion of his head seemed to have so stupified him, as indeed it well might, that there remained an unusual vacancy and a drowsy stare upon his countenance for some time afterward. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.
He had been feeling drowsy, the effect of an unusually heavy meal.
All being so nearly ready, I called the drowsy boy again, and, showing him a very large stick in the wood-box, asked him to bring me a hatchet. The Brick Moon, and Other Stories
You feel warm and comfortable and drowsy. M.E. and You - a self-help plan

The person may become too drowsy or confused to take action, and could lapse into a coma. The Sun
The herb contains chemicals that will make you feel drowsy. The Sun
They are sedative in effect and often make people feel drowsy. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
The herb contains chemicals that will make you feel drowsy. The Sun
He told them: 'I remember feeling drowsy. The Sun
Of the hands forward, some of the watch were aloft, working at odd jobs about the rigging, while the drowsy clinking of a spunyarn winch somewhere on the forecastle, in the shadow of the head sails, accounted for the remainder. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda"
I feel drowsy after lunch every day.
The person may become too drowsy or confused to take action, and could lapse into a coma. The Sun
Everything feels so warm and lovely, very much different from the drowsy atmosphere of the sea over at our place.
She said: 'I began to feel dizzy and drowsy. The Sun
They have neither the epileptical rant nor goatish impulses of the Methodists, nor the drowsy uniformity from which not all the solemn beauty of the service can redeem the Liturgy of the Church of England. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
It makes passengers more drowsy and therefore less prone to wanting another drink. The Sun
Also, children with depressed moms may be drowsy, passive, more temperamentally difficult, irritable, less able to tolerate separation, and more afraid or more anxious than children of nondepressed mothers. You Raising Your Child
I tell her that long warm showers or a humidifier can sometimes make breathing a little easier and help to clear out her sinuses and that she can take a decongestant if the runny nose is really bothering her, but to be careful because many of those medicines can make you drowsy. Between Expectations
Her regularly soft voice is scratchy, disclosing the unspoken knowledge of sleepless nights and drowsy days.
After gorging on a feast, don't hit the roads drunk and drowsy.
Next Friday is Bastille Day, but even that famous celebration is unlikely to jolt sleepy Montpellier out of its drowsy charm.
She lay down again on the bed and sang a little wandering tune made up of the words I have sung all the songs all the songs I have sung all the songs there are until, touched by her own lullaby, she grew drowsy, and in the hollow of near-sleep she tasted the acridness of gold, left the chill of alabaster and smelled the dark, sweet stench of loam. Toni Morrison - Prose
Long, drowsy, dusty days when the shade of trees calls the saunterer into the woods to seek out dark, cool places by small streams.
Some users feel dreamy and happy, but others say they feel sick and drowsy. Taking Drugs Seriously
Think you are less demanding when drowsy? The Sun
As you begin to get drowsy, the spoon will drop to the floor, hitting the plate, waking you up.
Some users feel dreamy and happy, but others say they feel sick and drowsy. Taking Drugs Seriously
Besides, they were snarling all the time, and his benumbed and drowsy senses no longer took note of changing pitch and intensity. The Hunger Cry
This was very baffling to his suit; but then these slumbers were accompanied by agreeable dreams, which completely inthralled the senses of the drowsy lover, so he continued to dream on, while all Granada scoffed at his infatuation, and groaned at the treasures lavished for a song. The Alhambra
You might ask in your drowsy and getting drowsier state? Misery (1990)
Suddenly immensely tired and drowsy, I moved my feet and barely made it back to the couch before I fell.
In my old regime I was much more likely to feel drowsy in the afternoon. Times, Sunday Times
Jem and Scout lived in Maycomb, Alabama, a drowsy, isolated town where everyone knew everyone.
Looking from the drowsy room, which is the world of his body, into the stirring life outside, he who longs for the gay kindliness of comradely exertion can project himself into the glad errantries of nature. The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
The person may become too drowsy or confused to take action, and could lapse into a coma. The Sun
Now that imaging technology is used to detect glaucoma and to set off alarms waking drowsy lorry drivers by monitoring facial movements. Times, Sunday Times
At first they made me feel drowsy. Times, Sunday Times
It was a warm,quiet,drowsy afternoon.
Any longer will leave you feeling drowsy. The Sun
Black Nielson overshadowed them, with drowsy, soporific vocals, and unexpected twists and turns within each song.
The pilchard that social status does not poor people drowsy, and carnivorous person the arrival of catfish, make them to flee for one's life a scene of bustling activity, vibrant.
In the close and thundery heat the sound of his hooves made the parson drowsy and his hat nodded down towards his chest. THE MAIN CAGES
The cold gray light of early dawn had given place to saffron, and the first drowsy challenge from the henroost had been shrilly answered from far and near, when old man Jerry awoke from his nap in the chimney corner, and, finding himself chilled through all his old, rheumatic bones, bent over the dying embers, pushed together the blackened and half-burned "chunks," and blew them until they glowed. Plantation Sketches
He felt pleasantly drowsy and had to fight off the urge to sleep.
The engine was idling, which made a comforting noise, and kept the blowers warm, which made her feel increasingly drowsy.
She felt drowsy, needed to lie down after a long day, after long hours spent running around in her head. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
Those intrusions of the world outside awaken me from my soporific slumber, as I dwell in drowsy numbness, as though of hemlock I have drunk.
“Gently now,” she thought, for the dead were like children awakened from a nap: drowsy, confused, liable to be fussy. A Night Visit to Endor « A Fly in Amber
Sometimes you also feel drowsy and fatigued. The Sun
They are sedative in effect and often make people feel drowsy. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
I find myself drawn to the moon, completing the smallest of rituals in the dead of night, only to be sleepy and drowsy for the rest of the day.
If anybody plays with my hair even for the shortest time, I will feel sleepy and drowsy.
And today, as evidenced by the drowsy street outside, was the day of rest.
He felt pleasantly drowsy and had to fight off the urge to sleep.
The body is too busy digesting food and cannot slow down enough for a person to really feel drowsy.
Salammbô is as inarticulate for us as the serpent, to whose drowsy beauty, capable of such sudden awakenings, hers seems half akin; they move before us in a kind of hieratic pantomime, a coloured, expressive thing, signifying nothing. Figures of Several Centuries
Do you regularly feel drowsy or sleepy in the day? The Family Nutrition Workbook
Its main features are rhythmic myoclonic jerks when drowsy or asleep, which stop if the child is woken, and normal encephalograms during or after the episodes.
Over their heads they could hear the feet of pigeons on the roof, and a constant drowsy rou-cou - cou-cou. Three Soldiers
They can make users drowsy and lethargic and possibly forgetful. Taking Drugs Seriously
Cockatoos scream with excitement and gladness; honey-eaters whistle and call; drongos chatter and scold the rest of the banqueters; the tiny sun-bird twitters feeble protests; bees and beetles maintain a murmurous soothful sound, a drowsy blending of hum and buzz from the rising of the sun until the going down thereof. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
It hissed, and he felt drowsy and sleepy instantly.
They urge drivers not to take to the wheel if they feel drowsy after taking medication. The Sun
Eight hours later an exhausted, drowsy, battered Adam sat slumped on a bench near the door leading on to the terrace.
However, these symptoms may be absent and children may simply become feverish, drowsy and listless.
She said: 'I began to feel dizzy and drowsy. The Sun
They are sedative in effect and often make people feel drowsy. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
The stove warms the tent up and we become drowsy, and oblivious to the storm outside.
They are sedative in effect and often make people feel drowsy. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
Everything seems to billow, there are clouds of this and drifts of that, totally in harmony with the languor of a drowsy summer day.
Besides feeling drowsy and exhausted the next day, people with sleep apnea face high blood pressure and risk heart attacks and stroke.
I've tried sleeping tablets, but they made me feel drowsy the next day. The Sun
As it wears off users feel drowsy and may experience a hangover. Taking Drugs Seriously
Sometimes you also feel drowsy and fatigued. The Sun
Do you regularly feel drowsy or sleepy in the day? The Family Nutrition Workbook
As it wears off users feel drowsy and may experience a hangover. Taking Drugs Seriously
I've tried sleeping tablets, but they made me feel drowsy the next day. The Sun
Avoid by taking travel sickness pills from the chemist - though bear in mind that some can make you drowsy. The Sun
I found that I could work into the small hours without so much as feeling drowsy. The Sun
You feel warm and comfortable and drowsy. M.E. and You - a self-help plan
The traveler may call it stupid and ugly, if he calls it at all; our Hermitage still patiently wears its havelock of weather-beaten shingles, for _it_ knows that beneath its lowly roof -- radiant with whitewash and fresh paper -- are cozy, coolly curtained rooms, where friendly books look down from the wall, and drowsy arm-chairs woo from the corners. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
All this is accompanied by a bottle of the restaurant's own champagne making us slightly tipsy and drowsy.
Within 12 hours he was hypotensive, oliguric, tachypnoeic, increasingly drowsy, and confused.
Watching television or listening to music or a book on audiotape until becoming drowsy promotes falling asleep naturally.
The surrounding villages were dark and drowsy.
The herb contains chemicals that will make you feel drowsy. The Sun
Today being a working day, a couple of utility trucks came beetling down the lane to meet and pass me, driven by a drowsy farm-worker off to start work.
They can make users drowsy and lethargic and possibly forgetful. Taking Drugs Seriously
You feel warm and comfortable and drowsy. M.E. and You - a self-help plan
As the bridegroom was late in coming, they all became drowsy, and fell asleep.
Flowers explode with color, tree trunks pulse with thick veins of sap, stones appear almost like living cells in the drowsy heat of the mid-afternoon sun.
Pip spends the morning with Mr. Pumblechook at his drowsy seed-shop on the equally unexciting commercial street of town.
The room is so warm it's making me feel drowsy.
The train employes were running about with their lanterns on their arms, but no one paid any attention to the drowsy passengers. Six Months in Mexico
CHAPTER V. Bennett's "dago," when halted by Number Four, was as limp a specimen of humanity as that drowsy young trooper had seen in all his soldier days. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War
At first they made me feel drowsy. Times, Sunday Times
I felt dopey and drowsy after the operation.
Sometimes you also feel drowsy and fatigued. The Sun
Any longer will leave you feeling drowsy. The Sun
The moon would be full tonight – a perfect time to perform the Grace of the Foolish, under the harvest moon on a warm summer’s night, when all the land lay in drowsy happiness. The Grace of the Foolish « A Fly in Amber
When the last of them had staggered down my steps, and I had bidden a drowsy lacquey extinguish the candles, I called Ganymede to light me to bed and aid me to undress. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys...
Think you are less demanding when drowsy? The Sun
Some users feel dreamy and happy, but others say they feel sick and drowsy. Taking Drugs Seriously
He felt pleasantly drowsy and had to fight off the urge to sleep.
The preacher, instead of vexing the ears of drowsy farmers on their day of rest at the end of the week — for Sunday is the fit conclusion of an ill-spent week, and not the fresh and brave beginning of a new one — with this one other draggle-tail of a sermon, should shout with thundering voice, Walden
[Page 105] up where the tall rushes wave, twisted together by the twining morning-glory vines; far up where the alligators make great nests in the river-bank, and lay their eggs and stretch themselves in the sunshine, half asleep inside their scaly armor; far up where the hippopotamus is standing in his drowsy dream on the bottom of the river, with the water covering him, head and all. The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air
Now that imaging technology is used to detect glaucoma and to set off alarms waking drowsy lorry drivers by monitoring facial movements. Times, Sunday Times
William sounded drowsy and tired when he answered the phone.
He had regained consciousness, but was drowsy and uncomfortable.
A drowsy hillsman, muffled to his back hair in a long brown cloak, and with buskins on his legs such as a stage bandit wears, was dozing against the wall. Europe Revised
The drugs I take for hay fever make me feel very drowsy.
They can make users drowsy and lethargic and possibly forgetful. Taking Drugs Seriously
It was a warm,quiet,drowsy afternoon.
I found that I could work into the small hours without so much as feeling drowsy. The Sun
Some human lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis may leave the patient drowsy or even comatose because of the build up of carbon dioxide in the body.
IN nanny Britain there are motorway signs warning you to pull over for a rest if you're feeling drowsy. The Sun
Since drowsiness is the brain's last step before falling asleep, driving while drowsy can - and often does - lead to disaster.
They don't reduce the sensitivity or its causes and they generally make the victim feel drowsy. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
The second half-lemon was well-nigh pulpless and the golden collar had grown astonishing in width, when suddenly the drowsy silence which enveloped the yacht was broken by the sound of heavy footsteps and an elderly man topped with orderly gray hair and clad in a white-flannel suit appeared at the head of the companionway. Flappers and Philosophers
There is a reason the title character in The Drowsy Chaperone is a little sleepy: You could also call her the "boozy" or "tipsy" chaperone. Kentucky.com: Homepage
She walked slowly down the main hall towards the room that her mother occupied on her visits, still drowsy from being aroused from her sleep.
Sometimes you also feel drowsy and fatigued. The Sun
Tricyclic antidepressants don't cause dependence or addiction, but they can make you drowsy.
I went towards the bench since I felt so drowsy and I fell asleep without even knowing it.
When I approached, the goats were as goatlike as I expected, watching me with those drowsy, stupid eyes and slowly chewing whatever nameless greenery they had grazed in the clearing. Virginity
The room is so warm it's making me feel drowsy.
I am feeling a little drowsy. Christianity Today
Your doctor also might prescribe a non-drowsy oral antihistamine or antihistamine eye drops.
In the close and thundery heat the sound of his hooves made the parson drowsy and his hat nodded down towards his chest. THE MAIN CAGES
They urge drivers not to take to the wheel if they feel drowsy after taking medication. The Sun
What a difference — Drowsy — Maze of bushes — Housekeeping — Sticks and furze — The driftway — Account of stock — Anvil and bellows — Twenty years. Lavengro
Then she lost herself in drowsy contemplation of the soothing balm of his strength: Life poured from the ends of his fingers, driving the pain before it, or so it seemed to her, until with the easement of pain, she fell asleep and he stole away. Chapter 20
I've tried sleeping tablets, but they made me feel drowsy the next day. The Sun
She has a drowsy smile and a plump, placid face. Times, Sunday Times
For the first three days, he refused any drugs that would make him feel drowsy. Times, Sunday Times
What a drowsy summer afternoon.
Barbiturates injected produce a rush effect which is described as a pleasurable, warm and drowsy feeling. Clinical Work with Adolescents
In my old regime I was much more likely to feel drowsy in the afternoon. Times, Sunday Times
I was still drowsy from whatever the drug he gave me contained.
Also, there was a black stream in Mirkwood that made he who drank out of it suddenly very drowsy and forgetful of previous events.
Now that imaging technology is used to detect glaucoma and to set off alarms waking drowsy lorry drivers by monitoring facial movements. Times, Sunday Times
You will feel drowsy and relaxed but completely aware of what is happening around you. Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache
I am feeling a little drowsy. Christianity Today
I am feeling a little drowsy. Christianity Today
Here I am, at the end of the day, pleasantly tired and drowsy, ready for a good night's sleep.
Round about her were huddled the drowsy boys; on the slopes of the steep place where she lay she could see the goats browsing on lentisk and juniper, acanthus, bramble, mountain-ash. Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso
The pair would die a most easy of deaths, a drowsy sleep to never wake from.
The room is so warm it's making me feel drowsy.
She has to take powerful drugs to control the pain and the inflammation, which often make her drowsy and sleepy.
After that initial euphoria, heroin causes an alternately wakeful and drowsy state.
As I walked down the hallway, my legs felt heavy, my mind drowsy.
At first they made me feel drowsy. Times, Sunday Times
She has to take powerful drugs to control the pain and the inflammation, which often make her drowsy and sleepy.
IN nanny Britain there are motorway signs warning you to pull over for a rest if you're feeling drowsy. The Sun
Against all odds, we, the drowsy and starving passengers who had to forego refreshment stops along the way to make up for lost time, entered the city of Durban.
I was enjoying the moment of drowsy bliss before reality hit me like a brick of lead.
Despite what one would think even though Jamie was so incredibly sleepy, sluggish, drowsy, and dozy, he didn't seem to mind.
Despite what one would think even though Jamie was so incredibly sleepy, sluggish, drowsy, and dozy, he didn't seem to mind.
Winter for me means constantly craving carbohydrates to send me into a drowsy state of contented bliss.
They urge drivers not to take to the wheel if they feel drowsy after taking medication. The Sun
Within 12 hours he was hypotensive, oliguric, tachypnoeic, increasingly drowsy, and confused.
Valia got up, still drowsy and half asleep with her hand on her hip.
She said: 'I began to feel dizzy and drowsy. The Sun
I found that I could work into the small hours without so much as feeling drowsy. The Sun
Drowsy from dawn to lights out, hours dissolved like butter under the sun. THE OPEN DOOR
During the transition from a waking - to a drowsy-sleep state, the participant might lose the dominant beta / alpha frequencies.
As the execution was to take place as soon as it should legally be daybreak, that is, about half-past four o'clock, the brothers did not go to bed but sat up in the workroom, feeling somewhat drowsy, and exchanging few words. The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris
IN nanny Britain there are motorway signs warning you to pull over for a rest if you're feeling drowsy. The Sun
After forty minutes at his ceiling of fifteen thousand feet, Killion felt drowsy and slow, like his aeroplane.
And today, as evidenced by the drowsy street outside, was the day of rest.
Avoid by taking travel sickness pills from the chemist - though bear in mind that some can make you drowsy. The Sun
“Sleepy, sleepy,” she twittered in mimicry of drowsy birds. CHAPTER XXXI
Do you regularly feel drowsy or sleepy in the day? The Family Nutrition Workbook
Sometimes you also feel drowsy and fatigued. The Sun
Then, with drowsy clatter, up comes a gang of roadmen, scavengers, railway workers, and so on. Nights in London
You will feel drowsy and relaxed but completely aware of what is happening around you. Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache
Those who use a cellphone right before trying to go to sleep reported they were less likely to get a good night's sleep, more likely to wake up feeling unrefreshed, more likely to feel "sleepy," and more likely to drive while drowsy. Electronic glow affecting Americans' sleep
I cried for a while, but I got drowsy and fell asleep there.
How soothing to a spirit tired of the city's din is this solitude, broken only by the singing of the birds and the drowsy droning of the bee, erroneously termed 'bumble'! In the Midst of Alarms
Do you regularly feel drowsy or sleepy in the day? The Family Nutrition Workbook
The air came laden with the fragrance it caught upon its way, and the bees, upborne upon its scented breath, hummed forth their drowsy satisfaction as they floated by. The Old Curiosity Shop
The stove warms the tent up and we become drowsy, and oblivious to the storm outside.
There we were, in our Sunday best, watching the frowzy drowsy fille advance to the west. The French word for plastered drunk... - French Word-A-Day
Drowsy driving has long been a hazard, especially for long haul truckers with deadlines to meet.
However, these symptoms may be absent and children may simply become feverish, drowsy and listless.
Any longer will leave you feeling drowsy. The Sun
They don't reduce the sensitivity or its causes and they generally make the victim feel drowsy. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
You will feel drowsy and relaxed but completely aware of what is happening around you. Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache
I may have gone if not for him calling me when I was still drowsy and half asleep.
Apparently, he drinks two pints of milk and, as soon as he feels drowsy, he drinks two pints of orange juice.
Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.
Pills might make you drowsy, but acupressure bands are a noninvasive alternative. Times, Sunday Times
made drowsy by the long ride
Czeisler thinks frequent problems with what he calls "drowsy driving" help explain why car accidents have overtaken criminal assaults as the top cause of death among police officers. News
The pompous, respectable, full-wigged folios, with their long lists of subscribers, and their magniloquent dedications, find their permanent abiding-places in noblemen's collections, where, unless -- with the _Chrysostom_ in Pope's verses -- they are used for the smoothing of bands or the pressing of flowers, no one ever disturbs their drowsy diuturnity. De Libris: Prose and Verse
She fought against sleep as long as she could, not wanting it to steal from her these precious moments when Raschid gave his strength un stintingly but the warmth of his body made her drowsy and her tormented senses were not proof against the smothering waves of sleep. Falcon's Prey
You feel warm and comfortable and drowsy. M.E. and You - a self-help plan
She has a drowsy smile and a plump, placid face. Times, Sunday Times
He told them: 'I remember feeling drowsy. The Sun

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