Drowsing (Adjective)
Meaning
Half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The long drive home left me drowsing in the passenger seat, my head nodding against the window.
- As the lecture droned on, the drowsing student's head slowly began to slump forward onto his desk.
- After a big lunch, the warm sunshine made the whole family drowsing on the beach, lulled by the sound of the waves.
- The drowsing baby lay peacefully in her mother's arms, a soft smile on her face as she listened to the gentle humming.
- As the old man sat in his favorite armchair, the soft crackle of the fireplace made him drowsing, his eyes slowly closing in relaxation.