SLEEPY in a Sentence

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For SLEEPY, below is one of 77 sentences:
No sound was to be heard; but he knew that all around him life was about to awaken in common noises, hoarse voices, sleepy prayers.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLEEPY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sleepy
 a.  ready to fall asleep
Classic Sentence: (72 in 5 pages)
1  The terror of sleep fascinated his mind as he watched the silent country or heard from time to time his father's deep breath or sudden sleepy movement.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  No sound was to be heard; but he knew that all around him life was about to awaken in common noises, hoarse voices, sleepy prayers.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
3  Temple sat on the pediment of a pillar, leaning back, his cap pulled down on his sleepy eyes.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  I am not sleepy, and, as I am not to be called till I awake, naturally I write till sleep comes.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  When I had written in my diary and had fortunately replaced the book and pen in my pocket I felt sleepy.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  I was too cold and too sleepy to be keenly observant, and not sleepy enough to betray my trust so altogether I had a dreary, miserable time.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  I am not sleepy, and the work will help to keep me quiet.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  I was not then a bit sleepy, at least so I thought; but I must have fallen asleep, for, except dreams, I do not remember anything until the morning, when Jonathan woke me.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  She looked heavy and sleepy and pale, and far from well.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
10  I am very sleepy and shall go to bed.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
11  I write this now as I am not sleepy, though I must try again.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  I am feeling very sleepy; the cold is perhaps beginning to tell upon me, and nature must have rest some time.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
13  At last the children grew tired and sleepy and Joe asked Maria would she not sing some little song before she went, one of the old songs.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In CLAY
14  His heavy-lidded eyes and the disorder of his scanty hair made him look sleepy.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
15  In exterior he resembled a butcher in a poor neighborhood, and his eyes had a look of sleepy cunning.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
Example Sentence:
1  The town remains sleepy despite the activity all around it.
2  One in seven accidents is caused by sleepy drivers.
3  The governor has managed to put this sleepy southern state in America on the map.
4  As well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid.
5  And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way.