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Explore Drowsing through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like drowsy or dozy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Drowsing in a sentence

Drowsing meaning

present participle and gerund of drowse

Synonyms of Drowsing

drowsy dozy asleep

Related words

Other words often associated with Drowsing or its synonyms:

dormant yawning torpid hibernating sleepy inattentive

Using Drowsing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of drowse
  • Useful related words include: drowsy, dozy, asleep.

Context around Drowsing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

head 1×

Sentence patterns with Drowsing

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

around his drowsing head with 1× staff was drowsing in the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

last wednesday the 1× the dancers made 1×

Common sentence endings:

to its feet 1× with their swords 1×

Words around Drowsing

Just before it in the word index:

drowsiness 42 drowota 2 drowns 39 drownings 36 drowning 490 drowned 526

Just after it in the word index:

drowsy 32 droxford 3 droxne 2 droy 2 droylsden 5 droz 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Drowsing

  • In this selection, "drowsing" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, head stand out and add context to how "drowsing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include around his drowsing head with and staff was drowsing in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "drowsing" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with drowsing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The dancers made the knot of the pentangle around his drowsing head with their swords. (15 words)

Last Wednesday the Globe staff was drowsing in the morning sunshine, when an urgent phone call from our roving sports editor, Gene Sherman, brought the news department to its feet. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

Last Wednesday the Globe staff was drowsing in the morning sunshine, when an urgent phone call from our roving sports editor, Gene Sherman, brought the news department to its feet. (30 words)

The dancers made the knot of the pentangle around his drowsing head with their swords. (15 words)

Example sentences (2)

Last Wednesday the Globe staff was drowsing in the morning sunshine, when an urgent phone call from our roving sports editor, Gene Sherman, brought the news department to its feet.

The dancers made the knot of the pentangle around his drowsing head with their swords.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "drowsing" in a sentence?
An example: "Last Wednesday the Globe staff was drowsing in the morning sunshine, when an urgent phone call from our roving sports editor, Gene Sherman, brought the news department to its feet." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "drowsing" from authentic English texts.
What does "drowsing" mean?
Drowsing means: present participle and gerund of drowse
What are synonyms of "drowsing"?
Common synonyms of "drowsing" include: drowsy, dozy, asleep.
How many example sentences with "drowsing" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "drowsing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.