Get to know Dozy better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like drowsy or drowsing.
Dozy in a sentence
Dozy meaning
- Quite sleepy or tired.
- Intellectually slow.
- Decaying, rotten, spongy.
Using Dozy
- The main meaning on this page is: Quite sleepy or tired. | Intellectually slow. | Decaying, rotten, spongy.
- Useful related words include: drowsy, drowsing, asleep.
Context around Dozy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dozy
- In this selection, "dozy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, billionaire, punished, suddenly, mmobuosi, moruga and toddlers stand out and add context to how "dozy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include again punished dozy moruga defender and almonades reinhart dozy second edition. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dozy" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dozy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
History of the Almonades, Reinhart Dozy, Second edition, 1881. (9 words)
Nigerian billionaire Dozy Mmobuosi is 'closing in on a £90m. (10 words)
Joselu dodged the suddenly dozy Sánchez before powering a header beyond Hugo Lloris. (13 words)
And there was no doubt that the hosts were in trouble when Morgan again punished dozy Moruga defender, as he sneaked on to a lofted, diagonal ball over the top before surprising opposing goalkeeper Adriano Baptiste at his near post in the 61st minute. (44 words)
It was if the cage fighter were reading a bedtime story to dozy toddlers. (14 words)
Joselu dodged the suddenly dozy Sánchez before powering a header beyond Hugo Lloris. (13 words)
Example sentences (5)
Nigerian billionaire Dozy Mmobuosi is 'closing in on a £90m.
And there was no doubt that the hosts were in trouble when Morgan again punished dozy Moruga defender, as he sneaked on to a lofted, diagonal ball over the top before surprising opposing goalkeeper Adriano Baptiste at his near post in the 61st minute.
It was if the cage fighter were reading a bedtime story to dozy toddlers.
Joselu dodged the suddenly dozy Sánchez before powering a header beyond Hugo Lloris.
History of the Almonades, Reinhart Dozy, Second edition, 1881.