| 单词 | drowsing |
| 例句 | There was a heavy-breasted woman behind a bar in the garage and a lean yellow dog who lay drowsing by a pan of water, his ears twitching in sleep. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He carried it back and dropped it in front of Bristle and Runt, who were drowsing at the burrow entrance in the last rays of afternoon sun. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The reporters, drowsing in the barn aisles, jumped up when they saw him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One night soon after we arrived, I was working on the puzzle and Grandma was drowsing in her platform rocker. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As I argued fleetingly in my discussion of pathos, the joke can do more than just perk up a drowsing audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z But she’d been feeling lazy, and she’d allowed herself another few minutes to sleep in, drowsing beneath the thin cotton covers and listening to the rush and sigh of the waves. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Nina was drowsing on a stool tucked into the corner by the table, Inej’s hand grasped loosely in her own. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Well after dark, a whistle sounds in the east and the drowsing soldiers stir. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They looked with fervent anticipation, and the dead city lay dead for them alone, drowsing in a hot silence of summer made on Mars by a Martian weatherman. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There was so much braid, and here she lay drowsing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She was just drowsing, but Tom Yew was snoring. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The drowsing creature in Harry’s chest suddenly raised its head, sniffing the air hopefully. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z All of this was heady news of a world far removed from hankies and thimbles, patiently delivered to me under a tree amidst the drowsing bees and nodding wildflowers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The cattle lay drowsing all day long under the willows and only moved out at night to feed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His horse standing sleepily near the fence came to his whistle and stood drowsing while he saddled up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tayo had been drowsing in the sun with his back against the cliff rock; he sat up stiffly and looked at her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Ben was drowsing with the reins held loosely in one hand when the wagon hit a stone and jarred us both out of our respective reveries. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z John, drowsing in the sunlight, put the toes of his right foot into his mouth and ran them along the place where his teeth were just beginning to come through. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The greyhound lay on its side, drowsing, one chestnut-colored eye only partly closed and rolling grotesquely in the socket. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I sat up in bed, woke my drowsing boyfriend, shook him, and said, "Oh, my God! Oh, my God! This is so gorgeous." Authors Janet Fitch, Cynthia Bond share admiration for each other's work 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z “Dungan cuisine” says the sign, without fanfare, on a drowsing street. A House Built on Family and Dungan Food in Brooklyn 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z While summer often wakes me at 4am with dawn, in winter I can sleep for hours, surrendering to my bed shortly after 9pm, and drowsing there until my morning alarm. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Luckily, I found a taxi driver named Ray drowsing by the plaza in his battered blue Lada. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The real question, and the answer, becomes clear when you creep through hanging lianas and startle bats drowsing beneath the leaves and walk through the centers of clouds. T Magazine: Send in the Clouds 2011-11-18T13:08:53Z A man tells of drowsing on his bed in the heat of the day when his girlfriend arrives wearing next to nothing – and what happens next. Love poems: writers choose their favourites for Valentine's Day 2012-02-10T22:52:01Z Late one night the drowsing pro got a phone call at home. Mike Royko: Golf, Chicago-style - Golf Digest 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Halime watches them eat, her youngest baby drowsing on her breast. 5 Men, a Sack of Beer and a Forest With a Magical Well 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “Lot less, lot less than before,” said a bus agent, who declined to give his name, at the open-air Sonef station in Niamey, drowsing and empty in the late-afternoon heat. At French Outpost in African Migrant Hub, Asylum for a Select Few 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z He also wants to understand why accidents in this drowsing stage seem much more prevalent among people who are right-handed. The mysterious moments before falling asleep 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z One thing they have in common is a mastery in describing light in particular and optical phenomena in general; another is their inclination to evoke in-between states: drowsing, dreams, epiphanies, hallucinations. Far Away From Here 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Made of plastic from an MRI scan taken when Proctor was 16 weeks pregnant, it captured an exact likeness of the fetuses drowsing in her womb. 3-D Printing to the Rescue 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z She woke her drowsing husband and herded the children toward the fire escape outside the front of the building. A Family Suggests the First Responders to a Fire Were Thieves 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z On the rare occasions Mr. Nichols appeared, he would be sitting in his car in the driveway, drowsing or reading the paper or maybe doing nothing at all. Amid Junk at Hoarder’s House, His Missing Wife 2013-07-16T03:24:44Z But at least here, they said, the soldiers of the Republic of Niger are drowsing under a giant tree at the border, not pointing their guns at the civilians who continue to cross it. Nigerian Refugees Accuse Army of Excess Force 2013-06-06T00:05:06Z The porter was drowsing in his lodge, the gate was ajar. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z On market days the farmers crowded the square with their teams, the village awoke from its long sleep and became a modestly thriving little country town again,—drowsing on into life once more. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Many a drowsing mallard has been caught by a lean fox or knocked on the head with a paddle. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The place lay drowsing in the late heat of the summer afternoon. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Here and there small knots of men discussed the more obscure points of the Koran or of Mohammedan law, while others sat in shady corners, lazily drinking sherbet or drowsing away the hot morning hours. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z And the name brings back those kindly hills And the drowsing life so new to me; And the welcome that those purple blossoms With their tiny trumpets blew to me. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z For a couple of hours I sat drowsing in the intense heat. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z They hid in the thicket all the hours till darkness came again, drowsing by turns. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Awake or drowsing, stung to life by the smart of his hurt or lulled to sleep by the music of the stream, he had her face always before him. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The blessed Sabbath stillness falls on all within our ken; our steeds are blinking, our men are drowsing in the leafy shades below. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z While through the glade an insect army drones And birds from neighboring boughs their notes repeat, These patriarchs, drowsing as in bliss complete, Rest on the flowery sward their tranquil bones. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z Men laboured on the meagre defences of the county as though weighted by a nightmare—as though drowsing awake and not believing in their ghostly dream. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z He lay for a short time drowsing and enjoying the unaccustomed rest, but being unable to content himself, arose, and after dressing stepped outside in the crisp morning air. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z Over everything there was a sense of autumn peace which comes when the world is drowsing off into his deep sleep. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z An infinitesimal odour of the most exquisite choice, mingled with a floating humidity, swims in this atmosphere where the drowsing spirit is lulled by the sensations one feels in a hothouse. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z The swift, inexplicable change of countenance could be compared only with the startled alertness of a drowsing fox when his dim, snug covert echoes the first far-off blast of the coming hunter's horn. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z A road bordered by flower-faced fields with drowsing villages, now and then, like ancient inns with bread and cheese and milk. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z At the other end of the wooded space we found a little pond opening out, and a score of wild ducks drowsing placidly on its smooth surface. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z I entered noiselessly, and made out, in the dim light, the broad figure of Becker, the forester, sprawled out leisurely in his armchair beside the bed and drowsing over his vigil. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z She was unconscious of her physical suffering; and she had already undergone such mental suffering that this supreme ordeal did not awaken her drowsing senses. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Well and clearly he saw now that mild good, undemonstrative, unaggressive good—seventy years of bovine plodding, sunning, grazing, drowsing—is a step toward the Top. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z On one end, peddlers were besieging a group of tourists; on the other, a girl with bronze-colored hair sat reading, a native in a flowered chintz coat drowsing at her feet. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z When unable to fall asleep, she pictured herself drowsing off with her head under his shoulder—that was bliss enough. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The slow train crept around a bend and puffed to a standstill at the drowsing little station of Hobostein. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z Dimples played merrily in the flushed cheeks, and Gabrielle was smiling as she looked from the window where westwards a golden sunset flung a halo of glory over the drowsing landscape. A Blot on the Scutcheon In her lap was an infant, which she had been suckling, though now it had fallen asleep; so had the young mother herself for a few minutes, under the drowsing effects of solitude. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 Nor did Pedro, drowsing, exhausted, beside him, dream of the test that was to be made of his courage while he remained behind. Unexplored! The leaves wherein true wisdom lies On living trees the sun are drinking, Those white clouds drowsing through the skies Grew not so beautiful by thinking. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 Time and again he caught himself drowsing and threw off the temptation just in time. The Crimson Sweater Just as she was drowsing off, however, a consoling thought occurred to her: "But he must have made divine love!" she reflected, smiling. Shadows of Flames A Novel There were the guards, too, drowsing near one of the fires, their weapons dangling beside them. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Trask was asleep, and I was just drowsing off, when a tap at the door and Brian’s voice started me wide awake again. A Veldt Vendetta Still drowsing, she wondered, without any real interest, what they felt they must tell her. A Woman's Place The night wore on, and Stark lay drowsing. Black Amazon of Mars The next day I pleaded indisposition and spent most of the hours idling and drowsing in my chamber. Tiger Cat Yet once more into his drowsing ear fell a peculiar sound. Dorothy on a House Boat Everywhere on the reddish-brown plush sofas, ladies and gentlemen with steamer-rugs over them lay drowsing. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself The scene lay silent and slumbrous in the brooding noon-day sun: the drowsing peacock squatted humped on the lawn, no fish leaped in the pools, no bird declared himself from the trim secluding hedges. The Golden Age They sleep upon the barren plain, drowsing in a timeless ocean. The Legion of Lazarus At dawn, now, from dripping spires, white-throats and hermit thrush, fleeter than the spring, startled the drowsing forest with a reveille of song. The Whelps of the Wolf And all in vain, for, with the dawn of a bleak to-morrow, Private Blenke, no one could begin to say how, had slipped by his possibly drowsing guard and escaped. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade That person was, as Plouff expected, drowsing comfortably over the galley fire. Command Another telegram woke him as he was drowsing off. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The room held a faint whisper of mechanical music. arry stood at one of the windows gazing out over the drowsing city. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 The garden drowsing lies, The stars fold down their eyes,— In this dear spot, my steed, neigh not, Nor stamp in restless wise! Second Book of Verse Suddenly, on the other side of the water somewhere, but evidently far away, a voice, untrained, but of peculiar sweetness, broke into my drowsing. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Dozing in the truck, an odd lapse of consciousness had come over me ... myself yet not myself, drowsing over thoughts I did not recognize as my own. The Planet Savers In happy case, she may yet remain afloat—a sheer hulk, drowsing the tides away in some remote harbour, coal-hulking for her steam-pressed successor. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea On his right loomed a large horse; behind him stood a drowsing team; on his left was a dirt-cart; while immediately in front, such was his position now, stood his mother. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Then, as if this had been as commonplace an interlude in her night as the baby's waking and drowsing off again, she felt herself surging happily away to sleep. Old Crow What is taking place to-day is horribly abnormal for those alone who were drowsing in the abnormal peace of a society equally devoid of foresight and of remembrance. The Forerunners Sometimes, away out East, when I've been drowsing in a hammock listening to the sweat dripping on the deck and watching the blue hills in the distance, it has come upon me. Aliens They drove in silence for some time, Kessler intent on the evening flood of traffic, Margaret almost drowsing in the evening sunlight and the cool of the breeze in her hair. The Last Straw At such times the round-faced man, the white’s master, would drag him away mightily, or, if he was not quick enough, then the sorrel, drowsing along behind on a lead-rope, would unconsciously offer resistance. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Presently he came across the Bull drowsing in the moonlight after a hard day's work, and looking through half-shut eyes at the beautiful straight furrows that he had made. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II Russian brothers, your revolution has come to awaken this Europe of ours, drowsing over the arrogant memories of whilom revolutions. The Forerunners There she saw waiting a hired trap, with its driver drowsing in the sunlight. A Manifest Destiny The Lost Island villages had been drowsing in the sun that afternoon, as this town was drowsing now— The Helpful Hand of God He stepped down off the curb, roused the drowsing mare with a vigorous clap, again looked about him worriedly. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance The late moon peeped timidly above the drowsing treetops. Carmen Ariza He must be going out of his mind, or else he was drowsing. The Quality of Mercy The drowsing birds, even, had finished their evensong. The Law-Breakers The clang of trains, the feathery whirr of motors, the echo of footsteps, the immense, indefinable breathing vibration of the iron monster, drowsing on its rock between three rivers and the sea, ceases utterly. The Crimson Tide A Novel It looked very sleepy, drowsing in the silence of the noon sun. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Mud hovels; ragged, thatched roofs; lowly peones drowsing away life’s little hour within! Carmen Ariza The sound of the shot awakened the drowsing street and many who ran to their doorways saw the murderer riding away at a swinging gallop. When the West Was Young There were many of them, the horses blanketed and unblanketed, drowsing where they stood. Mixed Faces The man’s eyes were half-closed, yet he was by no means drowsing. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Yes, here are my three friends, in the quaint little garden of the hotel, with its purple-flowering vines of Bougainvillea, fragrant orange-trees, drooping palms, and long-tailed cockatoos drowsing on their perches. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit Nature changed her garb with monotonous regularity; the drowsing children of this tropic region passed their days in dull torpidity; Josè saw nothing of it all. Carmen Ariza The scent of the flowers, the street lined in one place by arching giant fronds drowsing and nodding overhead—there seemed a strange exotic romance to it. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 It was a pastoral, peaceful scene—a little country-side drowsing in the warm rosy twilight. The World Beyond And as she lay she became conscious of something else in the drowsing land beside herself and her horse. Tharon of Lost Valley She was due at six o’clock, and here’ve I been drowsing like a more-pork on this couch, when I might have been in bed. The Tale of Timber Town It’s just a kind of drowsing life away. A Modern Cinderella Mrs. Melrose, who had been contentedly rocking and drowsing in the heat, paled with sudden terror and apprehension, and looked around her with sick and uneasy eyes. The Beloved Woman Lee had left the table and again was standing at the latticed window, beyond which the drowsing little garden lay silent, and empty now. The World Beyond We know not which; still drowsing, dreaming, but yet strongly conscious that in a moment we shall be awake to reality. The Countess of Albany They spent an hour or two talking or drowsing luxuriously on the grass; then the springing up of a fresh breeze roused them all, and weighing anchor they set sail for another port. Moods It was not until she lay drowsing in utter exhaustion on her own bed that she thought of all of the rest that must be done to that boat-load of precious freight. Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea Before Saxham rise the bony brown and bay and chestnut hindquarters of half a dozen lean horses, that are drowsing or fidgeting before their emptied mangers. The Dop Doctor It was a little garden, drowsing in the twilight. The World Beyond The mellow dip! dip! of the paddle woke the drowsing red-winged blackbirds from the reeds; the gray snipe wheeled out across the marsh in flickering flight. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Paloma Springs in its entirety lay there in full view, drowsing in the torrid heat of mid-September. Shoe-Bar Stratton She came on valiantly, and, when within a hundred yards, pumped a shot across the bow of the drowsing Emilie. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Nothing like it, for sheer, deadly, draining, maddening, drowsing witchery of beauty. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions At the third entrance the four men were already asleep—all but one of them, and he was drowsing; and Nick, in his character of Handsome, pretended to be angry at first. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts I was drowsing, when suddenly I heard him give a frightened yell. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories And chained to the oak by a staple driven into the trunk, drowsing in the heat of the summer mid-afternoon, lay a bloodhound. Frank of Freedom Hill "Have you got an outside room?" demanded Trask of the drowsing English clerk behind the railing, as he pulled the register toward him and scanned the open page. Isle o' Dreams It seemed to her that she was slowly drowsing away and that her thoughts were fading, for her consciousness had begun to disintegrate and she was already ceasing to feel and to know. The Comedienne But while Sandy was ranging afield he lay on the edge of the basin drowsing and watching the valley, for he did not intend to be taken by surprise. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters They were looking at a cluster of white-washed cottages, with tall thatched roofs and with great stone chimneys: a lonely little hamlet drowsing in the sun. Drolls From Shadowland We made the passage stealthily; all the world seemed drowsing on that hazy Sunday afternoon. Explorers of the Dawn He shook the drowsing man and roused him, and plied him with sips from a dipper of the unhallowed white corn whisky of a mountain still-house. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Already I am drowsing; early then To-morrow I will come to you. Nero Just after the war, as if tired with its exertions to repel the invader, the old place had fallen asleep and was still drowsing. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories The world and the friends that lived in it Are shadows: you alone remain Real in this drowsing room, Full of the whispers of distant rain And candles staring into the gloom. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems To outer senses they are geese, Dull drowsing by a weedy pool; But try the impression trick. The Book of Humorous Verse Brushy Creek gorge was no longer dark and cool, with its double sky-line of trees drowsing toward one another, like eyelashes, from the friendly cliffs. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic O Lydia, I am drowsing, and my hands Can scarcely wreathe the Emperor as Apollo. 2ND MAIDEN. Nero She was half drowsing when a brisk knock startled her into wakefulness. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories Mary Carew drew the child,—drowsing in her arms,—to her quickly. The Angel of the Tenement My life hung on a hair; so too did that of the watchman drowsing by the mast. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure In the innermost room of all, on an ebony couch draped with sable curtains, the god of sleep lay drowsing. A Book of Myths At last, drowsing in the warmth of the sunlit land, the Ranger's eyes closed, opened, and shut again. Oh, You Tex! So suddenly did she appear that at first he did not move, believing himself still drowsing. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain On this day I was drowsing on my bench when some one addressed me. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance III Dwindling day and drowsing birds, O my child! A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry A certain famous preacher when preaching one Sunday in the summer time observed that many among the congregation ware drowsing. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers More than once in the pleasant summer I stole out of bed when even the cow was still drowsing, and went barefoot through the dripping grass and stood at the gate, awaiting the morning. The Promised Land Then he remembered that voice of the drowsing city, bursting out with the pent-up brew of the day. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Near the Dutchman stood Morgan's borrowed horse, drowsing in the sun with head down, its weight on three legs, one ear set in its inherited caution to catch the least alarm. Trail's End A flock of white ducks lay drowsing on a grassy spot. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories And this time even Chrome was convinced, and the next instant guards and pickets, sleeping troopers, and drowsing steeds all came staggering to their feet, roused by the shrill blast from Cranston's trumpet sounding "Forward!" Under Fire They mounted and rode up the hill, looking for breaks in the fences and counting the colts, some of whom, luxuriously lazy in the heat of the sun, stood with lowered heads, drowsing. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Miellyn had finished her brief recitation and was drowsing, her head pillowed on the table. The Door Through Space She had enjoyed herself quite genuinely, and with her quick social perceptions had gathered a great deal from the visit, much of which she imparted to her drowsing husband on the train. One Woman's Life I can see its garlanded crags, its leaping cascades, its plumy palms drowsing by the shore, its remote summits floating like islands above the cloud rack. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson In the edge of the first timber they pulled up and looked backward at the cabin drowsing silently under its sentinel tree. North of Fifty-Three Two men sat drowsing before the fire, their boot-heels among the embers, a black jack between them. The Long Night The low song ceased gradually, softly, as a mother ceases her crooning lullaby, lest the very lack of the love-notes stir the drowsing baby brain to sudden waking. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier So low and trembling was the call that Isa, drowsing luxuriously as she rocked to and fro, took no heed. Joyce of the North Woods Was he not drowsing over his eyepiece in the meridian-circle room? The Man Who Rocked the Earth He had noticed that heat and mosquitoes would distract her attention from the hazy distances drowsing in the clear yellow of noon. The Emigrant Trail Behind his cage the night clerk was drowsing. Steve Yeager I was just drowsing again when I heard some one yelling excitedly outside. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club The two rogues did not know that he was drowsing inside his snug home, because he had been out late the night before. The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse Bud Lee for a moment lost sight of the rows of rude shanties, the drowsing saddle-ponies, the street-lamps, and saw only the vision of a girl. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch Caleb Hunter had been drowsing contentedly since early afternoon, his chin on his chest and the bowl of his pipe drooping down over his comfortably bulging, unbuttoned waistcoat. Then I'll Come Back to You As he spoke the parson rose to his feet and stood with the two drowsing babies in his arms, looking down at me as I stood with his cup of tea in my hand. The Heart's Kingdom I could neither write nor read, and spent much of my time in the open air, and more in drowsing in misery over an unread book. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother Five minutes later he was drowsing stertorously on a lounge. The President A novel At the stern he found a much larger company, most of whom had furnished themselves with novels and magazines from the stock on board and were drowsing over them. A Chance Acquaintance Again the paddles were shipped, save those of the steersmen; and the crews lounged about, either smoking or drowsing. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure The man opened his drowsing eyes and yawned expansively. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches "A red rose," scoffed Peggy; and she felt herself drowsing in the mother arms. Old Kaskaskia Every fine day brings them out as regularly as the worms rise after rain; they sit there all day long in the sky, each one apparently drowsing over his own stretch of country. Letters from France Most of them are hanging by their hind legs and nibbling the pine-needles; they seem to be gently drowsing with the needles at their mouths. Social Life in the Insect World The class he visited was drowsing through one of the less colorful sections of "Gone With The Wind." Null-ABC One of the four quadrupeds drowsing under the brush shelter languidly turned an inquiring eye and interrogative ear in his direction, and conveyed, after the manner of the mule, a suggestion as to supper. Foes in Ambush It can call to the imagination that lies drowsing, yet full of life, far down in the secret recesses of the soul. Bella Donna A Novel Then rang the bells as fled the night O'er dreaming land and drowsing deep, And coming with the morning light, They called, my child, to you asleep. Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse The overheated little town of gray stones and red tiles was drowsing away its provincial afternoon under a blue sky. The Point Of Honor A Military Tale I heard this fellow, Beasley, talk while lying drowsing on the bed, and not trying particularly to understand his words. The Blood Ship The plash of the waters in the brook, dancing and tumbling down the chasm, made sweet, drowsing music for his ears, a lulling, soothing sound that explained perhaps the deep slumber of his trooper friend. Foes in Ambush The Living Skeleton, who had been drowsing on his chair, beat the flies off and groaned. The Missing Link The leaves wherein true wisdom lies On living trees the sun are drinking; Those white clouds, drowsing through the skies, Grew not so beautiful by thinking. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations The teller was visible in the cage, where now he appeared very busy though he had undoubtedly been drowsing when they entered. The Iron Furrow I wasn't trying to listen; I was drowsing, and paying very little attention. The Blood Ship Young Love lies dreaming Till summer days are gone,— Dreaming and drowsing Away to perfect sleep: He sees the beauty Sun hath not looked upon, And tastes the fountain Unutterably deep. Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems Nickie sat with his back to the wall of his compartment, sweltering in the hot garb of the Missing Link, drowsing and day-dreaming of beer. The Missing Link Siegfried comes, and, after commenting upon the drowsing steed, draws nearer still. Stories of the Wagner Opera How should he save her—save her from herself, clear the mist from her eyes, arouse her drowsing soul? The Iron Furrow The cat is as remote as if he were drowsing by the waters of the Nile. Americans and Others Young Love lies drowsing Away to poppied death; 50 Cool shadows deepen Across the sleeping face: So fails the summer With warm, delicious breath; And what hath autumn To give us in its place? Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems When at last he was quietly drowsing the doctor called Maud aside to give her instructions. Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross Fold on fold Pale laces drape her; and a frail perfume, As of a moonlit primrose brimmed with rain, Breathes from her presence, drowsing heart and brain. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses Pete, drowsing in the sun, occasionally glanced up at the flock. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River We had been dreaming and drowsing away the morning, Königin, Kitty and I, in the jelly-fish-like state into which one naturally falls in Florida. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Well," explained Philip comfortably, "Ras was drowsing by Sherrill's on a load of hay and I bought the cart and the hay and the horses and Ras at a bargain and set out. Diane of the Green Van Nearer by were fields and corners of pasture land, with here and there the formless shapes of drowsing cows. A Man's Woman Languidly she curled up upon the sofa and pillowed her heavy head on the scented silk, and so, drowsing with fitful dreams, she lost the sense of the lagging hours. The Palace of Darkened Windows He flung himself into a chair by the stove and drowsing after a while in a reactive sweep of exhaustion, awakened with a terrified jerk. Kenny "Queer; I don't care a hoot," he told himself, watching with lazy eyes the smoke from his pipe drift blue between himself and the valley drowsing in the heat. The Vehement Flame In consequence, towns like Appleboro take on the venerable aspect of antiquity, peacefully drowsing among immemorial oaks draped with long, gray, melancholy moss. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The watchman missed him and found him asleep in the chapel in one of the seats, with the parrot drowsing on the altar. Love Stories She, too, lay wakeful, uneasy, watching, sleeping, drowsing, hoping. A Little Book for Christmas I was on the point of drowsing off again when I caught sight of a word written on a sign-board, Domr�my. Out To Win The Story of America in France He was as much permanently there as the chair upon which he was drowsing. Nocturne The garden was very still, steeped and drowsing in the bright clear sunlight; only the bees were busy there, calling from flower-door to flower-door, and sometimes a vireo's sweet whistle fluted through the leaves. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man He felt calm and soothed and perfectly content, and took in the pleasure of the occasion with the lazy complacency of a drowsing cat. Vandover and the Brute Passion was having its way with him, such passion as had lived with him, now drowsing, now fiercely awake, in the days at Richmond between his return from Williamsburgh and the close of the trial. Lewis Rand It is likely he passed the whole night abroad, drowsing or rummaging, whatever he does be looking for in the rath. Three Wonder Plays It was a day for drowsing in the shade: for them who must needs walk in the sunshine, languor of thought overtook them, and sparsity of speech. Audrey He thinks, however, that he must get “a good wicked dog” to frighten away the tramps, who sometimes stray into his woodland, and put the enterprise in peril by smoking and drowsing under haystacks. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) At length he tried to dismiss the subject from his mind; he woke up his drowsing grate fire, punching it with the poker, talking to it, saying, "Wake up there, you!" Vandover and the Brute Peon soldiers, drowsing in the sun or clustering around the cantinas, stared stupidly at them as they flashed past. Dutch Courage and Other Stories It happened during the midday halt, when the rest of the party were drowsing. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories When they were within a few feet of the coach and horses and negroes, all drowsing in the sunny road, Haward made as if to speak, but she stopped him with her lifted hand. Audrey Upon Mrs. Hastings and Mr. Augustus Frothingham, drowsing over the pocket chess-board, the sound of footsteps and men's voices in the corridor acted with electrical effect. Romance Island I had once seen that look before—in a spectacle of wild beasts when I happened to stand close to a drowsing tigress that twitched an eyelid and flashed a yellow eye at me. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 They roared past and vanished, and into the empty space of quiet there flowed back the undertones of the river, solitary footfalls, the voice of the drowsing city. The Dark House Many people suspected Scattergood of drowsing when he was exceedingly wide awake and observant of events. Scattergood Baines Once on a rainy midnight a poor old horse, harnessed to a cab, was drowsing in front of a dingy restaurant from whence came the laughter of women and young people. Romance of the Rabbit Occasionally there was a snore; evidently Bill was drowsing the day away. The High School Left End Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron The book had dropped from my hand and I was well-nigh drowsing, when I saw, as plain as day, the queerest figure possible clicking open our garden gate. Us and the Bottleman Or you may notice a fisherman drowsing in a boat heavy enough to cope with the surf of the Atlantic. Witness for the Defense The light grew stronger all about her, the mists rolled slowly away from her clogged brain, leaving only a drowsing languor that was infinitely restful to her tired senses. The Way of an Eagle The long drowsing days of summer had come. The Mettle of the Pasture As I was drowsing off again, she spoke very gently to me. Vandemark's Folly “Do they come when you are just drowsing, or just waking from a drowse?” Between the Dark and the Daylight He had sown the revolutionary seed in these outcasts of the Church, drowsing in the atmosphere of two centuries ago. The Shadow of the Cathedral Shades drowsing in the grass Beneath the hedge move but as the hours pass. Poems New and Old The sharpness of her voice roused old Mrs. Brenner, drowsing in her corner. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 The gulf was drowsing under the leaden coverlet of its water, exhaling a mysterious freshness that was spreading to the mountains and trees. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel You know that intermittent drowsing as one sits, the drooping of the head, the nodding to the rhythm of the wheels then chin upon the breast, and at once the sudden start up again. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Remember me to Goulburn, drowsing lazily in its dreamy graceful hollow in the blue distance. My Brilliant Career The young man fell asleep; While the old Prince drowsing uneasily, Tossing on the crest of agitations deep, Dreamed waking, waking dreamed. Poems New and Old It was my way to plant at the portal the big, carved chair from the chancel on the hot days, and rest my soul, refusing to think of anything, drowsing and smoking for hours. The Purple Cloud His drowsing virtue had suffered the torments of a fruitless resurrection. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel "Look till the heart is content, señorita," replied the Mexican, and he extended a slim, lazy hand towards the drowsing stallion. Alcatraz And the listless crowd, drowsing cynically in its tobacco smoke, broke into obedient applause, just as they would at home at the sight of the flag or a picture of the President. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them The woman, completely wrapped up and covered with snow, sat drowsing and bumping at the back. Master and Man It was midnight of a calm Sabbath, and low on the horizon smoked the drowsing red sun-ball, as my canvas skiff lightly chopped her little way through this silent sea. The Purple Cloud The mate, drowsing on the hard stern, finally smiled with closed eyes. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel After dinner Alexander came back to the wet deck, piled his damp rugs over him again, and sat smoking, losing himself in the obliterating blackness and drowsing in the rush of the gale. Alexander's Bridge This passed away as the puppies’ antics and mauling continued, and he lay with half-shut patient eyes, drowsing in the sun. White Fang Mebbe I was drowsing, with Seth running the engine; but he slammed on the brakes so sudden hard that I darn near went through the cab window. The Red One And the mournful Elmer, now drowsing callously over his charge, was not an invitation to be blithe. The Cruise of the Jasper B. Their footsteps on the tiled flags, separated by deep cracks filled with grass, awoke all the animal world that was drowsing there in the sun. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel An anxious look at the bed told him that Marion was drowsing, so he slipped to the door. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies The well-strung muscles loosening, the heart beating a slower measure, the busy mind drowsing off to listlessness. Gulliver of Mars And she drew a long breath, nestled into his arms, and upon his breast, with her perfumed hair drowsing his senses. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise At his elbow Blix was leaning forward, looking down upon the darkening, drowsing city, her round, strong chin propped upon her hand. Blix The scene lay silent and slumbrous in the brooding noonday sun: the drowsing peacock squatted humped on the lawn, no fish leapt in the pools, nor bird declared himself from the environing hedges. The Golden Age She had taken her chocolate and smoked her cigarito, but was still drowsing. Remember the Alamo Eshley had painted a successful and acceptable picture of cattle drowsing picturesquely under walnut trees, and as he had begun, so, of necessity, he went on. Beasts and Super-Beasts The adobe walls and sparse brick sidewalks of the drowsing town radiated the heat in an oily, quivering shimmer. The Octopus : A story of California Well, then, what manner of reader is he that hath never sinned by drowsing in church time? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 She loomed behind his cot, carefully out of his range of vision, her own gaze out across the drowsing countryside. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Both patients, I found, were drowsing; the husband peacefully, the wife with troubled dreams. Strong Hearts She grew restless drowsing there out of life and time while the summer months faded. The Beautiful and Damned The night clerk at the Argonaut Hotel, drowsing behind his desk, sat up with a start when he saw her. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Some evening, after tasks too closely plied, My Delia, drowsing near the harmless dame, All sweet surprise, will find me at her side, Unheralded, as if from heaven I came. The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse There was a sudden leap and stir of blood that had been asleep for an hour, and as sudden a rousing of all the drowsing activities in our minds and bodies. Roughing It, Part 4. The Tiber, too long drowsing on its urn, Lets grow in its bosom the silent reed. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise I don't go drowsing about—with fishes' blood in my veins. Little Eyolf The Major lay in his little chicken-wire bunk, just drowsing off, while the water seeped and dripped from the earthen roof, and the rats splashed about on the water covered floor. The War Romance of the Salvation Army She took a bath before dinner; then had her meal—alone, in solitary state, drowsing lingeringly over it with a book. Tales of the Wilderness He woke at the usual breakfast-hour, and then went about drowsing throughout the day till the tea began again in the afternoon. Indian Summer He glanced at Mark, who was already drowsing. The Precipice They gradually wandered apart, dropped into the "dumps," and fell to gazing longingly across the wide river to where the village lay drowsing in the sun. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. The drowsing murmur of the five and twenty studying scholars soothed the soul like the spell that is in the murmur of bees. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. A soft road led between orange-groves—at the station were offered for sale seedless oranges compared to which those of California are pigmies—to the drowsing town of Atequisa. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Perhaps I was drowsing over my book and dreamed it. Indian Summer Maggie was scattering the meal into the boiling water for breakfast; and David, weary with his night work, sat drowsing in his father's big chair. A Daughter of Fife When not engaged in killing their neighbours she visualized them drowsing away whole days under the influence of narcotics, lethargic with sensual indulgence. The Sheik Never had I seen the village drowsing in so sweet a peace. The Flood On through the night and into the next morning he lay thus, sometimes drowsing, but most of the time alert and silent. The City of Fire Through long hours Thor kept his vigil alone, drowsing now and then, but kept from sound slumber by the restlessness that was in him. The Grizzly King He shook himself, as might a drowsing man, and straightened up. Children of the Frost The Blackfoot was still conscious, though he was drowsing into that sleep which is fatal to Arctic travelers caught in a blizzard. Man Size With a deep sigh Marie looked at the home of her happy youth, drowsing in the deep shadow of the oaks, and then mounted her horse. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief Never, it seemed to her, had she seen a lonelier-looking place than old Coloma drowsing on the fringe of the wilderness. The Everlasting Whisper The Leam, after drowsing across the principal street of the town beneath a handsome bridge, skirts along the margin of the Garden without any perceptible flow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 Even while it is drowsing in autumn sun-gold, you may still detect a skyward aspiration. The Mountains of California But within ten minutes it is finished: he shivers, his false strength changing to paltriness, the waves washing now over his head; and now he is drowsing…drowning… The Lord of the Sea Aunt Corinne had often heard of sister Adeline and the doll's hair, but she was glad to hear the brief tale told again in the pleasant drowsing afternoon. Old Caravan Days On the electric train they were whizzed among many sleepy folk into a sleeping town, Oakland, drowsing and silent. The Everlasting Whisper No breath of wind stirred over the drowsing fields, from which arose the calls of quail and the notes of meadowlarks. The Little Lady of the Big House Castries, drowsing under palm leaves at the edge of its curving harbor,—perhaps an ancient crater,—seems more of a village than a town: streets of low cottages and little tropic gardens. Two Years in the French West Indies It was simply perhaps that the weather was hot and the mountains drowsing in that iridescent haze that I have seen nearer home than at Chambéry. Italian Hours He saw the cottage drowsing in the bright afternoon sunlight. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life But all that's nothing; you sit drowsing there With your back hooked, your chin upon your knees. The Countess Cathleen If this was the way—if she was indeed the author of the book which had stirred and wakened the drowsing soul of the age, then she had not ventured in vain! Innocent : her fancy and his fact Then into the indigo night vanishes forever from my eyes the ghost of Pelée; and the moon swings up,—a young and lazy moon, drowsing upon her back, as in a hammock…. Two Years in the French West Indies We were still yawning and drowsing, stretched out in our hickory chairs, and only kept awake by the flies, when our landlord returned and set before us what food he had. The Hidden Children His inner sympathy with wild and tame beasts alike was such that as he moved quietly among a drowsing, cud-chewing herd on the braes of Urioch not a beast moved. The Lilac Sunbonnet If he was drowsing there, it's a sign no intruders have tried to get into the house yet. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story So Philip Harris stayed his hand—because of the muttered, half-incoherent word of a Greek boy, drowsing in a great sunny ward, the millionaire waited—and little children were safer that night. Mr. Achilles He was drowsing in a chair in the cabin, with his hands deep down in his overcoat pockets and his helmet over his eyes. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders Of this he was assured by the reposeful sigh with which he turned his head upon the pillow, drowsing to oblivion. Will Warburton It is a day of drowsing heat, and the Emperor draws a deep breath as he shifts his weight from one puffed calf to the other. The Dynasts She set down Simon Cameron, who was drowsing in her lap, and got to her feet. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story The entrance door stood wide open,—there was not a living soul to be seen but the kitten asleep in a corner of the porch, and the doves drowsing on the roof in the sunshine. Thelma Mark Twain remembered it as "the white town drowsing in the sunshine of a summer morning, . . . the great Mississippi, the magnificent Mississippi, rolling its mile-wide tide along, …. the dense forest away on the other side." The Boys' Life of Mark Twain The quill dropped from her hand; she started to her feet, wide-eyed, not understanding; while the whole town, drowsing peacefully a moment ago, resounded immediately with a loud confusion. The Two Vanrevels Shut up at the bottom of the burrow, busied with the thousand cares of housekeeping, or else drowsing, she waits for her daughters to come out. Bramble-Bees and Others Beyond the bed of the Y.D., beyond the foothills that looked down upon it, hung the mountains themselves, their giant crests pitched like mighty tents drowsing placidly between earth and heaven. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day Sleep had cleared Havill's mind from the drowsing effects of the last night's sitting, and he thought of Dare's mysterious manner in speaking of himself. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day In her lap was an infant, which she had been suckling, though now it had fallen asleep; so had the young mother herself for a few minutes, under the drowsing effects of solitude. A Changed Man; and other tales Mark Twain remembered it as "the white town drowsing in the sunshine of a summer morning,... the great Mississippi, the magnificent Mississippi, rolling its mile-wide tide along;... the dense forest away on the other side." Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Mark Twain remembered it as "the white town drowsing in the sunshine of a summer morning, . . . the great Mississippi, the magnificent Mississippi, rolling its mile-wide tide along; . . . the dense forest away on the other side." Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866 In an early spring day, when the warm sun began to invite one to bask in his rays, my wife, delicate in health, lay drowsing on some boards near the house. Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes After dinner I fell asleep and as I was drowsing off I clearly heard a voice saying in my left ear, "Thy day!" War and Peace By reason of my youth, I was in bed and asleep before my companions arrived upstairs, and in the morning I was always routed up and packed about my business while they still were drowsing. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments He seemed dull and weary, and sat long, drowsing and drinking after dinner. A Dark Night's Work After another hour or so, he curled up again, among the bags, and fell to drowsing. Further Adventures of Lad The overheated little town of grey stones and red tiles was drowsing away its provincial afternoon under a blue sky. A Set of Six The shadows cast over the Orchard of Palms by the mountains at set of sun left no sweet margin time of violet sky and drowsing earth between the day and night. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Malbrook would be comparatively modern, were not all things that are sung to a drowsing child as distant as the day of Abraham. The Children The sea-god's flocks Have rested here, and mortal eyes have seen By great adventure at the dead of noon A lonely nereid drowsing half a-swoon Buried beneath her dark and dripping locks. Spirits in bondage; a cycle of lyrics Over the whole drowsing world brooded the solemn hush of late summer afternoon. Further Adventures of Lad The very spirit of Quiet seemed to be drowsing in those branches towering up into the blue, dipping their green fingers into the crystal of the water. The ninth vibration and other stories He reach'd the inn door, Roused the yet drowsing porter, reluctant to rise, And inquired for the Countess. Lucile His conscious mind was drowsing, and from the depths below, released of the sentry of his waking hours, came the call of his starved imagination. Dangerous Days An ancient, half-sunken boat drowsing under the bank he hailed again in the name of Saint Christopher. 1492 He was at work in his study; and Lady was drowsing in the cool lower hall. Further Adventures of Lad This time he had not been asleep—only drowsing. Roads of Destiny Often enough I pass an hour in mere drowsing by the fireside; frequently I let my book drop, satisfied to muse. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Again Saxon was drowsing, when the rustling sound was heard, this time closer. The Valley of the Moon “Malbrook” would be comparatively modern, were not all things that are sung to a drowsing child as distant as the day of Abraham. Essays But all his drowsing brain could think of was—too rich for him. The Garden Party and Other Stories Down below he could see the passengers briskly promenading, or drowsing under their rugs. Where the Blue Begins But he was drowsing while I told him; and I lifted him up to Lin, who took him in his own blankets, where he fell immediately asleep. Lin McLean "Star-scattered on the grass," and beneath the noble trees, lay New Zealand soldiers, solitary or in little groups, gazing, drowsing, talking at ease. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge Why reclining, interrogating? why myself and all drowsing? Leaves of Grass But they served only to increase Bud's activities at the woodpile and in hunting small game close by, while Lovin Child took his nap and Cash was drowsing. Cabin Fever “Oh, nothing,” he added softly, as if he were drowsing; “only you’ve got me where you want me.” The Sea Wolf Indeed, the place seemed to be drowsing off through very breathlessness amid that faint murmur which the stage gives forth when the whole troupe are raising the deafening uproar of some grand finale. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola It was a brilliantly coloured solitude, drowsing in a warm, voluptuous silence. 'Twixt Land and Sea |
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