SOPORIFIC in a Sentence

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1. Professor Pringle's lectures were so soporific that even he fell asleep in class.
2. She lay very still, waiting with a sensuous pleasure for the first effects of the soporific.
3. I was determined to eat only such things as could not possibly have anything soporific introduced into them.

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soporific
 a.  sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
Classic Sentence:
1  She lay very still, waiting with a sensuous pleasure for the first effects of the soporific.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
2  When the monotonous sound of Weyrother's voice ceased, Kutuzov opened his eye as a miller wakes up when the soporific drone of the mill wheel is interrupted.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XII
3  I was determined to eat only such things as could not possibly have anything soporific introduced into them.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
Example Sentence:
1  Professor Pringle's lectures were so soporific that even he fell asleep in class.