[
UK
/slˈiːpɪnəs/
]
[ US /ˈsɫipinəs/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫipinəs/ ]
NOUN
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a very sleepy state
sleepiness causes many driving accidents
How To Use sleepiness In A Sentence
- It's the shinning light in all the coughing, sleepiness, and croupiness. Why I know I should really be a fifties housewife
- They have a tranquillising effect, without necessarily causing sleepiness.
- Even a half-second response delay suggests a lapse into sleepiness, known as a microsleep. NYT > Home Page
- You crick open an eye and shiver, shaking off the sleepiness.
- Lack of shuteye increased sadness, anger and sleepiness, but reduced energy. The Sun
- People do not necessarily associate fatigue and sleepiness with falling asleep.
- In order to fight with this sleepiness, he even went to extremes, stabbing his thigh with an stabber every time when he began to be sleepy.
- He was tempted to stay up and think about what Bob had told him but sleepiness overcame him and he went up to bed. THREE IN ONE
- Various subjective measures of fatigue and sleepiness have been developed.
- When his sleepiness clears from his vision, he sees his naked body, floating but restrained by unseen bonds.