Example sentences for: somnolent

How can you use “somnolent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Residents of Havana might think of it as a poor backwater, but the easy, almost somnolent pace, breathtaking countryside, and welcoming residents of Pinar del Río make it one of Cuba’s certain highlights.

  • Few telltale signs of the 20th century have, as yet, encroached on this wonderfully somnolent outpost.

  • Behind the State House, Boston’s most desirable residential neighborhood has the air of a somnolent village, insulated from the traffic and vulgarity of the 20th century.

  • Critics call this remake of Death Takes a Holiday a "somnolent, emotion-free weepie" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Faults: It's way too long (almost three hours), and Brad Pitt's performance as Death is crushingly zombielike.

  • Shepherds watch their somnolent flocks; farmers hand weed their vegetable patches; laden donkeys make their way relentlessly towards home; at harvest time the smell of ripe grapes and apples fills the air — this is Lasíthi.


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