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单词 somniferous
例句 somniferous
Still, it’s a somniferous situation for the photographers, who camp out in their cars for hours at a time for a few seconds of activity. The Paparazzi Staked Outside Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s D.C. Home 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z
Everyone was back in the Dolby Theatre, a welcome return after last year’s somniferous experiment from Steven Soderbergh, which was held in Los Angeles’s Union Station. Oscars 2022 recap: A celeb-packed night interrupted by a slap heard ’round the world 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z
There is a bristly-bearded tailor too, very beery, having his last pint, who utters a similar somniferous intention. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z
The princess, put to sleep by Horpyna with a decoction of somniferous herbs, did not wake; her eyelids merely trembled a little from the light of the torch. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z
A “sleep-thorn,” or other somniferous piece of wood, is commonly employed in our fairy tales, in order to throw a hero or heroine into a magic slumber. Indian Fairy Tales
Instant around his heels his wings he binds; His rod somniferous grasps; nor leaves his cap. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II
Enchanted with his inspiration, he sets to work at once preparing the somniferous drink. The Wagnerian Romances
After I had drunk it I reckoned I should get here about noon; but I had not taken the somniferous effects of that sixpenny-worth of rum into the calculation. The Motor Pirate
This somniferous influence, which is to some extent exercised by local electrization, is here distinguished by its far greater constancy as well as by its greater degree of perfection. The Electric Bath
It was of a remarkably somniferous character,—the cunning Le Duc had evidently some object in playing thus. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure
The whole plant is known to be gently narcotic and somniferous. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
What is common, excites no surprise; and the stream of population rushes on without stopping one instant to notice these somniferous indulgences. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two
Other peasants danced slowly, in a circle, to the drone of the somniferous Servian bagpipe. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.
His lordship had another bottle in his pocket qualified with a Opium, which would sooner accomplish his desire, by giving the woman a somniferous dose, which drinking with greediness, she soon fell fast asleep. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II
There was none of the vague boredom, the somniferous satiety which at times had saddened their old gatherings; at present there was real ferocity in the struggle, a longing to destroy one another. His Masterpiece
Agnes laid down beside him, and, patting him gently on the cheek, she sang in a sleepy sort of way, hoping the tone of her voice would have a somniferous effect. Lewie Or, The Bended Twig
I had to copy his somniferous dispatches, to endure a rehearsal of his prosy speeches, to get up, at an immense labour to myself, incessant laughs at his jokes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841
Perhaps, however, someone with practice in writing sermons will argue that the sermon without instances is as somniferous as the book-review with the same want. The Art of Letters
Mary had bathed his face repeatedly with sundry restoratives, and likewise administered a cordial that she had brought from her father's house, which seemed to have a most astonishing somniferous effect. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described
He seemed very tired, overcome with somniferous stupor. His Masterpiece
Starlight paddling over reflected stars was enchanting, but somniferous. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862
The wine, which had exerted its somniferous influence over Mr. Snodgrass and Mr. Winkle, had stolen upon the senses of Mr. Pickwick. The Pickwick Papers
Her study of library-cataloguing, recording, books of reference, was easy and not too somniferous. Main Street
"Item, on the said day, in the evening, a julep, hepatic, soporiferous, and somniferous, intended to promote the sleep of Mr. Argan, thirty-five sous." The Imaginary Invalid
There are a few celebrated ethical compositions, in which the father lavishes upon his son all the treasures of Somali good advice, long as the somniferous sermons of Mentor to the insipid son of Ulysses. First Footsteps in East Africa
And in spite of the somniferous effects of the wine fumes and the warm streaming gaslight, he would keep his ears open to the sounds proceeding from the little room. The Fat and the Thin
It would be a great mistake to think that we should banish from our tables all somniferous articles. The Physiology of Taste
Night otherwise fallen dark and somniferous to modern mankind. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11
In the same way I prefer Apollonius’s spell for soothing the dragon, as much terser and more somniferous than the spell put by Mr. Morris into the lips of Medea.  Adventures Among Books
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