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somnolence

/ˈsɑm.nə.ləns/

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What does somnolence mean?

noun

  1. A state of drowsiness or sleepiness.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɑm.nə.ləns/

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The porter watched them take their departure as he had watched their arrival, in terrified somnolence.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Some constitutions plunge the citizens into a lethargic somnolence, and others rouse them to feverish excitement.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
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This somnolence did I disturb when I taught that NO ONE YET KNOWETH what is good and bad:—unless it be the creating one!
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneTranslated by Thomas CommonProject Gutenberg ebook #1998
They were activities which, beside those of a town, a village, or even a farm, would have appeared as the ferment of stagnation merely, a creeping of the flesh of somnolence.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
Heister speaks of birth during a convulsive somnolence, and Osiander of a case during sleep.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747