How do you use Dozed in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Dozed meaning
simple past and past participle of doze
Using Dozed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of doze
- In the example corpus, dozed often appears in combinations such as: dozed off, had dozed, he dozed.
Context around Dozed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dozed
- In this selection, "dozed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, china and off stand out and add context to how "dozed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and had dozed off behind and and then dozed off as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dozed" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dozed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I dozed off, towel covering my eyes. (7 words)
The driver might have dozed off,” he added. (8 words)
Some nights, he dozed on the sofa in his office. (10 words)
As for the basketball: I watched, I dozed, I crank-called old friends, I profaned forgotten gods, I was appalled, I wondered what would have happened if feng shui experts had been consulted on the construction of the Maginot Line. (40 words)
Later, I dozed off, remembering how enormously relieved I was when we had finally taxied for take off at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, precisely at 7.45 pm a day earlier. (32 words)
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported that Trump dozed off at one moment during the proceedings, something that was quickly picked up by cable news and even late night comics. (31 words)
Example sentences (15)
I dozed off, towel covering my eyes.
The driver might have dozed off,” he added.
It is also suspected that Rudrappa had dozed off while driving the car early in the morning resulting in the incident.
She finished it all before we even crossed the Texas state line and then dozed off as I drove in darkness and silence the rest of the way.
The investigating officer said the driver, a Mr Tan, had said he had "dozed off momentarily" before the collision.
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported that Trump dozed off at one moment during the proceedings, something that was quickly picked up by cable news and even late night comics.
The oldest living Derby winner then wandered to his water trough, sipped and dozed off.
The driver had been working a night shift and had dozed off behind the wheel, Lieutenant Dolby said.
The Emperor of China dozed in his throne and abruptly woke up.
TJ told co-panellists Livinia Nixon and Peter Hitchener he dozed off towards the end of the match, which was the first-ever night Grand Final.
As for the basketball: I watched, I dozed, I crank-called old friends, I profaned forgotten gods, I was appalled, I wondered what would have happened if feng shui experts had been consulted on the construction of the Maginot Line.
Some nights, he dozed on the sofa in his office.
He was found with a 9mm handgun and a 16-round magazine after he told the police that he dozed off and drove into a ditch.
Later, I dozed off, remembering how enormously relieved I was when we had finally taxied for take off at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, precisely at 7.45 pm a day earlier.
The driver stated that she dozed off and the vehicle rear-ended a vehicle driven by 23-year-old Jamesha Sanders, Fort Worth, Texas.
Common combinations with dozed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dozed off 12×
- had dozed 3×
- he dozed 3×