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How to pronounce drowse in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms doze, snooze
Type of catch a wink, catnap, nap
Type Words
Synonyms doze
Type of sleeping
Derivation drowsy
Type Words
Type of rest
Has types nod

Examples of drowse

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Some prefer History's drowse, and the Status Quo strokes them deeper in that sleep.
From the guardian.co.uk
They had got numb, maybe even drowsy-the drowse before you lie down and freeze to death.
From the denverpost.com
The American cast keeps its English accents tidy but not its performances, and Director Alan Schneider lets the first act drowse.
From the time.com
That a place crafted by the master of the unsettled dream state quickly became the location to be seen at is a clear premonition about fashion's new drowse.
From the hepburnadvocate.com.au
More examples
  • Doze: a light fitful sleep
  • Snooze: sleep lightly or for a short period of time
  • Be on the verge of sleeping; "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class"
  • (drowsing) drowsy: 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"
  • A Day at the Races is the fifth album by British rock group Queen, released in December 1976. A Day at the Races was the band's first completely self-produced album, and the first not to feature producer Roy Thomas Baker. ...
  • The state of being sleepy and inactive; to be sleepy and inactive; to nod off; to fall asleep
  • (drowsing) the condition of being drowsy