Slumbering

Synonyms for "slumbering" (61 found)

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More general

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conditionprocesssleepsleeping statestatestate of inactivity

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bud dormancydormancydozedozingestivationhibernationnapnappingnodding offseasonal dormancyseed dormancysiesta

Collocations

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slumbering assetsslumbering bearslumbering crowdslumbering economyslumbering giantslumbering mindslumbering patientslumbering populationslumbering potentialslumbering stateslumbering volcano

Inflections

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more slumberingmost slumberingslumberedslumberingsslumbers

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Whilst he was slumbering the three Nymphs appeared before him; they were tall and beautiful, half-naked and without sandals; their hair fell loosely over their shoulders, and in every respect they resembled the statues in the grotto.

Source: tatoeba (6212755)

She o'er Ascanius rains a soft repose, / and gently bears him to Idalia's height, / where breathing marjoram around him throws / sweet shade, and odorous flowers his slumbering limbs compose.

Source: tatoeba (6798825)

Thus was the Master a second time engaged in the most delicate and dangerous of all tasks, that of affording support and assistance to a beautiful and helpless being, who, as seen before in a similar situation, had already become a favourite of his imagination, both when awake and when slumbering.

Source: tatoeba (7752728)

I shall never forget the vivid sense of slumbering fire that seemed to find expression only in those wonderful tawny eyes of hers.

Source: tatoeba (8825690)

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