| 单词 | somnolence |
| 例句 | Sometimes nothing will rouse her from her bed, from a somnolence that coats the very air she breathes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet a somnolence hangs over the film, and Hiromu and Maria are left somewhere between having full-fledged story lines and just being useful foils. ‘Plan 75’ Review: Leaving Early 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z This is a quiet novel, but don’t mistake its serenity for somnolence. How Can a Kid Today Hear His Inner Voice? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Perhaps feeling that there’s no point in competing with a royal tornado, the rest of the cast turns in nigh-invisible performances that lean toward somnolence or stiffness. Review: Michael Urie Puts the Madcap in Hamlet’s Madness 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Rather than echoing Mansbach’s rueful wretchedness, “The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep” offers parents hope: the idea that encoded in its text is a formula for somnolence. The Parent Who Wants to Fall Asleep 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Getting as close as it does to its own subject, there are moments when it lulls the audience into a dangerous kind of somnolence. Masquerade ? review 2011-02-16T18:19:45Z After decades of abject somnolence, American labor seems to be stirring. Column: Strikes and strike threats — what's behind the new worker militancy and why it's a good thing 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Not really enough to disrupt outdoor activity, the rain seemed the sort to foster contemplation and encourage Saturday snoozes and somnolence. Saturday was the coolest day here since June 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z In a city that loves its politics, there is an unmistakable somnolence to this race, one that locals attribute to the pandemic and fatigue from the 2020 election. Louisiana House Race Sets Up a Democratic Showdown in New Orleans 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Supporters of Paris have greeted this somnolence with relief, eager to avoid another showdown like Bali. How Trump is emboldening other countries' 'bad behavior' on the climate crisis 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet the response on one side of the aisle was insouciance and somnolence. Case for impeachment fails to disturb McConnell's sweet dreams of acquittal 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Overall, the debate was an exercise in somnolence. Who won the Democratic debate? Our panelists' verdict 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The intense activity of summer, abetted by their peculiar clocks, is eventually replaced by a winter of striking somnolence. Perhaps Santa Had to Shout to His Eight Reindeer Because They Fell Asleep 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The organised left shows signs of resurgence, and it would be a pity to treat the past 40 years of its somnolence as a true death in which nothing of value was accomplished. Intersectional-what? Feminism's problem with jargon is that any idiot can pick it up and have a go 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z "Sleep serves as the brain's housekeeper, which helps to clear metabolic waste and toxins from the brain," explains somnolence academic Natalie Dautovich of the US National Sleep Foundation. How to nap successfully at work - BBC News 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z So the Senate fell into a bitter somnolence, interrupted by moments of panic. Rubio gives up on Senate: ‘He hates it’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z In this process, too, there would be winners and losers: those who preferred urban energy to rural somnolence, commercial and manufacturing work to backbreaking agricultural toil. Why History Urges Caution on Proposed Trade Deal 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z "That's cardiovascular, early mortality, heart attacks, daytime somnolence, accidents at work or in the car." What Works for Snoring? 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z In the parts of the city outside the historic zone, the skyline has changed little, though life has become more hectic after decades of somnolence under the military dictatorship. In Myanmar, Racing to Save a Colonial Past in Decay 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Before the tryptophan in the turkey induces somnolence, give thanks for living in such an entertaining country. George F. Will: Thanks, or something Save for their loving “Der-ek Je-ter!” chants, the fans passed most of the night in quiet somnolence, like old hounds no longer bothering to respond to the September whistle. Right Up to Retirement, Derek Jeter Is Still Playing the Game 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z For example, “drowsiness,” “somnolence” and “sleepiness” are all used. For ‘Big Data’ Scientists, Hurdle to Insights Is ‘Janitor Work’ 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z You want enough to keep your loved one comfortable, yet not too much to cause unwanted side effects and unnecessary somnolence. Nuts And Bolts Of End Of Life Care 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Or were they just lulled into somnolence by the sound of the till ringing up continuing sales from the old staples of Windows and Office? How Microsoft spent a decade asleep on the job 2013-07-20T23:05:17Z Post-meal slump In the science world it's known as postprandial somnolence but in the everyday world it's commonly known as the post-meal slump. The surprising uses for birdsong 2013-05-08T10:09:34Z August 2007 was the month that the Fed began its long transformation from somnolence to activism. Fed Transcripts Open a Window on 2007 Crisis 2013-01-18T15:55:04Z He lived in a grand Government House, or palace; but an air of somnolence pervaded the place, as if it were the Castle of Indolence. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z I passed all the next morning in a kind of moral somnolence. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z It usually persists until the occurrence of death or of convalescence, but may alternate with periods of delirium, the delirium being more frequent at night and the somnolence by day. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Its effects in checking somnolence have been long known. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The Major, laughing at the early somnolence of the two ladies, rose to light a candle for his daughter, in the old way. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z To dream! perchance to sleep!—aye, there's the rub; For in that somnolence what peals may come Must give her pause. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z At 4 o'clock in the afternoon great fatigue with profuse cold sweat and somnolence for two hours. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z Other symptoms are excessive thirst, headache, restlessness, and sleeplessness, or, on the other hand, a tendency to somnolence. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The town of Winchester, like all the county seats of central Kentucky, breaks from its drowsy somnolence into a brief activity on court-day. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The sleep or trance with which hypnotism is popularly identified is not essential to our object, for the subliminal modifications are sometimes attained without any trace of somnolence. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z The pianist was beginning to display a certain somnolence in his looks and in his voice. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Surely the psyche could not change its degree of somnolence so quickly. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z The pulse is often full, hard, and bounding; the headache throbbing or darting in character; the tendency to somnolence increases, or gives place to delirium; and the pyrexia is more marked. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z He seemed to be speaking very loudly; but, when the first nervous start had passed, Andrew realized that this was his own imagining, and that neither of his companions had noticed his momentary somnolence. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Always when she entered the church of the convent she felt the same rapture, a species of voluptuous somnolence penetrating her whole being like a caress. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z It is a sense of the glory that has been, a meditativeness which is induced by the somnolence of the scene, and fostered by the languorous atmosphere of the South. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Then feeling that starvation must be her doom, she sank back and lay in a state of dreamy somnolence. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z In other cases the opposite condition of somnolence may be present. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z No sight of man, nor sight of life, no stroke, No voice the somnolence and silence broke. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z A strange kind of somnolence seems to have crept over almost the entire population. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z Lorris is simply a big, overgrown French market-town, which is delightful enough in its somnolence, but which lacks most of the attributes which tourists in general seem to demand. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z As on the previous night, the intoxicating liquor drunk by the rioters produced its effect in somnolence. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z In the second variety the nervous symptoms, such as delirium, somnolence, stupor, and muscular tremblings, are the most prominent. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z For several years after the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, medical authorities described a seasonal somnolence they called "encephalitis lethargica." The Curious Link Between H1N1 Flu and Narcolepsy 2011-08-24T04:36:12Z For several years after the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, medical authorities described a seasonal somnolence they called “encephalitis lethargica.” Narcolepsy: A Surge of Sleepiness in China Appears to Have Been Caused by Flu 2011-08-22T23:23:59Z The air, as it were, is with somnolence seething, And nothing is heard but their stertorous breathing! The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) 2011-06-29T02:00:30.303Z They mainly consisted, on the one hand, of loss of memory, dulness of apprehension, apathy, somnolence, depression of spirits, and mental debility; and on the other, of bodily languor, muscular fatigue, and general physical weakness. A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy 2011-06-21T02:00:28.890Z Such symptoms are apt to be followed by somnolence, threatening coma, or by eclampsia, unless the patients are promptly and properly treated. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z For, though over the city was the heavy somnolence of Sunday, she could not sleep; in fact, she had scarcely closed her eyes all night. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z But now the stealthy narcotic utterly beclouded him: he sank away as through unfathomable gulfs of somnolence. A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2011-06-08T02:00:18.910Z This time Bob did not go to sleep on the job, but at the first faint indication that somnolence was stealing upon him, arose and stamped about vigorously. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z She is well educated, intelligent, with good memory and spirits, and has no tendency to depression or somnolence. A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy 2011-06-21T02:00:28.890Z Mental excitement and delirium are probably unknown during the primary attack, but sometimes a degree of somnolence or of apathetic tranquillity exists, which, however, is quite distinct from coma. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The men of the moment not unnaturally expressed the querulousness of Italy, distracted by her struggles of the past and sinking into somnolence. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The place is sunk in somnolence; one of those country towns that the world has been glad to forget. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z After eight years of somnolence the village awoke again. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z In front of the gate a bright coke fire was burning in a bucket, and sprawling around it in attitudes which suggested varying phases of somnolence were a number of men in uniform. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z You see a person could be placed in a room, and at the moment of sinking into somnolence, a blank record could start revolving, and be tried out in the morning. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Just when his slumbers had deepened into snoring somnolence, the archæologist was aroused by a sonorous bass voice that boomed like a bell. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z This was not the quiet of India or China, a boding hush, but an atmosphere of somnolence and perfect content. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Even without the starting quarterback Tony Romo in the lineup, they have woken from the somnolence that marked the first half of the season. During a Lost Season in Dallas, Garrett Helps the Cowboys Find Their Way 2010-12-18T20:37:07Z Sanchez, apparently, has no somnolence problems of her own. And what's more, you're ugly! 2010-09-27T16:22:00Z We had instead entered a persistent somnolence, and I have come to believe that we will only escape it when we kill the hive.” 2010-01-15T06:11:00Z Thou singest, and thy song is as a spell Of somnolence to charm the land with sleep; A thorn of sound that pierces dale and dell, Diffusing slumber over vale and steep. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems The somnolence of Sunday and of nature hung over all, giving little promise for the twenty-four hours we were to stay there; yet unpromising as it all seemed, we passed there a very enjoyable time. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 Slim turned his back on it, urging Garth into the car ahead which housed scarcely more than a dozen passengers—men and women in various attitudes of somnolence. The Gray Mask Strauss would have bored her, not as Brahms might have bored her to somnolence, but as an irritating personality bores one to rudeness or sudden flight. Carnival The apathy, the somnolence of a few minutes ago, have disappeared, and these hoary old men find again, for the moment, an ardor which seemed to have been forever laid to sleep.... Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 He was to serve as a quieter for Bella's nerves, spirits and perpetual motion, and to guard against Gardiner's somnolence. Fairfax and His Pride It was now midday; the sun burnt at its fiercest; not a living soul was passing along the road, and the horsemen at the plantation were without doubt in a state of somnolence. Barclay of the Guides As he faced the rugged figure behind the desk, and gazed into those eyes whose somnolence concealed a perpetual vigil, his heart quickened. The Gray Mask There is, however, a somnolence unworthy of the name of sleep. A Canadian Bankclerk She appeared tranquil, in a state of absolute indifference, or rather of somnolence, like a person who having been violently awakened from a dream is hardly conscious of what is going on around. The Grandee What ulterior processes were to be exhibited I do not know, but the first result to be obtained was to throw Dr. Becker into a mesmeric state of somnolence, under the influence of the operator. Records of Later Life Even the theaters and concert halls were closed, and the metropolis was nodding its weary head dully and sinking into somnolence. Carmen Ariza Moreover, see that your studies are done under proper conditions of air, light, sun; that you have a comfortable chair, but not one which leads to somnolence. How to Study But thought which has been cultivated for a third of a century is apt to tone down to something very near somnolence. Amaryllis at the Fair Sometimes he feels pricking or heat, giddiness, somnolence, or a sense of bodily well-being. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso The somnolence dulled all the cells of the brain save one and that one cell, vehemently active, was inciting her to some effort, though to what she did not know. The Paliser case The men in the shade got quickly to their feet, interested spectators, and the burros awoke from their drowsy somnolence, and turned inquiring, soft eyes on their owners. The Plunderer I am awakened by my companion, who enjoins me, perhaps because I am indulging too loudly in somnolence, to be silent. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba It consisted of five men, about which seemed thrown an invisible but heavy cloak of somnolence. The Trimming of Goosie It was about half-past three in the afternoon of the next day, and house and garden alike wore a rather uncomfortable air of heat fatigue and somnolence. Daisy's Aunt A crack on the head makes you dizzy and into her dizziness a somnolence had entered. The Paliser case In undue somnolence, in nervous headache, in narcotism, also, at times when the exigencies of life require excessively prolonged wakefulness, caffein may be used as the most powerful agent known for producing wakefulness. All About Coffee We note also mental disturbances as well as physical, especially diminished powers of attention and memory, and somnolence up to the point of narcolepsy. The Sexual Life of the Child To provide them against this time of scarcity, nature has furnished them with the singular power of somnolence. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The somnolence of Paris, however, only extends until noon. A Royal Prisoner Instead of being placed in the purely intellectual region adjacent to calculation, order, and system, it is carried back and down into the region of somnolence and sensitive impressibility. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 Nervous symptoms, somnolence, coma, spasms, convulsions and paralysis are of common occurrence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" He looked forward to it with relief, as a period of somnolence and prolonged rest—the mental stress and labor of the past days had wearied him of the active contact with men and events. Mountain Blood A Novel Now that there was sufficient military reason for laziness on his part, Mac, recognizing, of course, that he would have worked had it been at all possible, sank with an easy conscience into somnolence. The Tale of a Trooper The infant displayed that aggressive wide-awakeness which seems to characterize babies on the verge of somnolence. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories They were in it but not of it, and the long somnolence of the past was too tranquil to be easily dispelled. The Rapids He broke into camp and roused McHale from a state of somnolence and tobacco. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters It might be affirmed without inexactitude that the prolixity of counsel is the somnolence of the judiciary. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea The somnolence of Cornwallis, his neglect to win over opponents by tact or material inducements, and the absence of any Ministerial declaration on the subject, left all initiative to the Opposition. William Pitt and the Great War Through the slow, hot days it drowsed along like a lazy dog, only half rousing now and then to snap at some flying rumour, and relapsing at once into its pristine somnolence. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories No doubt their pristine sense of undisturbed somnolence will again settle upon them after the exasperated mental condition arising from the unnatural strain recently put upon the old ship. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Heaven and earth Alike are poisoned: somnolence in heaven, Decay on earth is regnant. Mr. Faust Newspapers ran long articles on Cynodon dactylon and the editors of their garden sections were roused from the somnolence into which they had sunk upon receiving their appointment and shoved into doubleleaded boldfaced position. Greener Than You Think The great cosmic event in the history of the last quarter of a century has been the awakening of Asia after centuries of somnolence. The New World of Islam Baby's brain is tired of thinking On the Wherefore and the Whence; Baby's precious eyes are blinking With incipient somnolence. The Book of Humorous Verse She felt very wide-awake now, as though the sudden consciousness of that encircling grasp, or something in his glance before she slipped from him, had startled away the torpor of somnolence. Under the Rose Dewforth left at half past three when the somnolence of afternoon was heaviest on the heads of the other draftsmen. In the Control Tower With the new feeling of security bathing the world, tension dissolved into somnolence and the tempo of daily life slackened until it scarcely seemed to move at all. Greener Than You Think There were, indeed, honourable exceptions to the general somnolence. The Nebuly Coat Heat and fragrance and drowsy sound combined to give a pleasant somnolence to the wide sunny scene. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia A sweet somnolence seemed to arise from the dying day, enveloping all Nature. Luna Benamor Little Grace was flushed, and rather dishevelled, for it had cost her half an hour’s hard wrestling to get baby placed in recumbent somnolence. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines There could be no doubt of Tim's somnolence for he gave unmistakable evidence of it. Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys Beneath that dopy somnolence of manner his senses were alert and his eyes were usually the first to see distant game. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country He sometimes slept, but not quite soundly; half his somnolence was busy with irrational calculations beyond his control. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Overland Red, a harsh note in the somnolence of the place, stepped buoyantly across the square. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Something in the atmosphere conduced to somnolence, for even the horses stood still, with no signs of restlessness. The Colonel's Dream Unless speedy relief is obtained by successful efforts to clear the chest by coughing and expectoration, the patient's strength gives way, somnolence and delirium set in and death ensues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" A lullaby should not have a martial melody, neither should an exhortation to lofty patriotism be given a melody which induces somnolence. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing Even the insect life seemed wrapped in a deep hush of somnolence. The Forfeit It will arrest gastric fermentation when given judiciously as a medicine, though an overdose will bring on somnolence, with a ringing in the ears. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure If the little mirrors in each branch are placed in parallel lines in front of a patient, and the rotation is rapid, the optic organ soon becomes fatigued, and a calming soothing somnolence ensues. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use With Zulma it was not real sleep, but somnolence, or rather the torpor of dim meditations. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 He peeped over to assure himself of her complete somnolence. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Then, being aroused from her somnolence by the servant, who brought in the salt-cellar and the water-bottle, she inquired: "And you, Monsieur Chevalier, is all well with you?" A Mummer's Tale Then it fell into a state of somnolence, and after an existence of innocuous desuetude lasting till 1794 it was revived, only to hibernate again until 1894. Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak English Over all there brooded a spirit of somnolence and relaxation. Bert Wilson in the Rockies One day—it had never occurred to him before—he suggested that they consult a specialist in somnolence. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope Toward morning all the assistants are struggling hard to overcome somnolence, while the shaman sings and rasps as conscientiously and enthusiastically as ever. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan In this place, between the hours of somnolence, there come hours of illumination and ecstasy. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Now the rows of whalers rotting at New Bedford's wharves, and the somnolence of Nantucket, tell of its virtual demise. American Merchant Ships and Sailors They were lethargic, took little notice of their surroundings, slept easily and finally passed into a condition of somnolence in which they took no food and gradually died. Disease and Its Causes He wondered why she did not answer; but, his childish instinct assuring him that she was a friend, in his somnolence he felt nothing other than trust in her. Lady Good-for-Nothing For a while she rested and sank to dreamy somnolence, watching the worlds above and wondering. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil As I approach it my pulse is slackened and a delicious somnolence comes over me. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him He sank relaxed into an accustomed chair; his brain surrendered its troubling; the waking somnolence settled over him. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The greater his endeavor to sleep, the less dormant Roland felt, and all his senses seemed unduly quickened by this ineffectual beckoning to somnolence. The Sword Maker The lane up to the inn was in its middle-day emptiness and somnolence. Christopher and Columbus Prematurity, with extreme somnolence, breathlessness from respiratory disease, nasal catarrh, which hinders breathing through the nose, infections of all sorts, are common causes of this failure to suck effectively. The Nervous Child But not on account of fatigue and somnolence was Audrey remaining in the saloon instead of taking the splendid summer afternoon on deck under the awning. The Lion's Share "Cruel night, this," he muttered, and so saying, he returned to his normal condition of somnolence. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance The usual discreet somnolence of the chapel had been disturbed as by some indecorous but formidable awakener; the air was electric; anything might occur. Tales of the Five Towns Another spirited scene takes place at five in the morning—an hour when the city beauties are abed with all that tenacity of somnolence which characterizes Kathleen Mavourneen in the song. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 He had thought that individual busy, and had contrasted his activity with the somnolence of this office. The Rules of the Game Mr. Prohack gazed around at the monumental somnolence of the great room, was ignored, and backed out into the hall, meaning to return home. Mr. Prohack He departed in a cloud of dust, for still the rain did not fall, and immediately, like the casting of a spell, the peace of a great somnolence descended upon the bungalow. The Top of the World But after all there must be some check to the inveterate tendency to somnolence in the public offices. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 I will, however, remark, that some of the Doctor's guests are grievously oppressed by somnolence during his scholastic expositions; as a protection against which infirmity of the flesh, I do commend an after-dinner nap. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 The sermon always represented for him a half hour of somnolence, peopled with his own lively imaginings. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel I think the English mind cuts at life with a dulled edge, and that its energy may be worse than its somnolence. An Englishman Looks at the World Schultze speaks of a woman who, arriving at the period for delivery, went into an extraordinary state of somnolence, and in this condition on the third day bore a living male child. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Then there is least somnolence in us; and for an hour, at least, some part of us awakes which slumbers all the rest of the day and night. Walden The burning indignation of the following passage may in times of spiritual peace or somnolence appear over-wrought and uncouth. Albert Durer There was a deep lounge of the softest brown leather with somnolence drifting about it like a haze. The Beautiful and Damned Word denoting somnolence or a state of lowered consciousness; anything which is a cause of somnolence or of lowered consciousness; anything which induces a desire to sleep. A Study of Association in Insanity He shook him gently at first, but as the dread somnolence crept on he shook harder, until the mutilated inhuman head rolled upon the shoulders. With Edged Tools But the fair was in a condition of the utmost somnolence itself. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc To these, the main affair, the thinkers of the United States, in general so acute, have either given feeblest attention, or have remain'd, and remain, in a state of somnolence. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Everyone appreciates the effect on sleep of the "state of mind" when he has passed a succession of sleepless hours followed by a sudden tendency to somnolence at the time for rising. Why Worry? To what shall we attribute that respectful somnolence which nowadays reigns over the audience during the recitation of Alfieri's tragedies, if they are not sustained by some theatrical celebrity? Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions There was no alternative but distinguished somnolence and melodramatic declamation. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House A somnolence, which we had remarked in her, was attributable in part to opiates which she was in the habit of taking; and she used these narcotics to smother habitual pain. The Virginians Thou singest, and thy song is as a spell Of somnolence to charm the land with sleep; A thorn of sound that pierces dale and dell, Diffusing slumber over vale and steep. Poems They answered readily enough, but abruptly and indifferently, and fell quickly into their customary somnolence. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Ned presently began rubbing his head vigorously, which was one of his preliminaries of awakening, and then mournfully raised himself in bed, a pillar of somnolence. Young Lives The old horse was, in fact, lying on the straw in the somnolence of expiring old age. Doctor Pascal It would probably give way to melancholy or somnolence in the course of half an hour. The Velvet Glove She felt within her also a tendency to somnolence, the somnolence of satiety, as if she had feasted too copiously off some spicy dish, after too great a hunger. Fruitfulness A singular somnolence, a dry skin, loss of hair, a dull mentality, sometimes epilepsy, and a noticeable craving for and tolerance of sweets appear. The Glands Regulating Personality The warm room, the excellent food, better cooked than any they had had for seven months, produced a gentle somnolence. The Magnetic North Prolonged exposure to intense cold induces excessive somnolence, and if this be induced, the sleep passes into stupor, the power of resistance to cold becomes rapidly diminished, and death is the inevitable result. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics The sea is blue, streaked with green, and is stilled with heat; the low undulations can scarcely rise and fall for somnolence. The Open Air Five years ago I found it certainly was hurting me, causing my hand to shake and producing somnolence. Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life In his last days sight and hearing both failed, and he finally died of somnolence, twenty hours' sleep becoming habitual with him. Inns and Taverns of Old London These spells of somnolence gave her strength to suffer again, and become terrified the ensuing night. Theresa Raquin A sort of smiling somnolence broods over them; the very voices of their people are soft and subdued, as if afraid to break some protecting spell. Victory An Island Tale Baby's brain is tired of thinking On the Wherefore and the Whence; Baby's precious eyes are blinking With incipient somnolence. Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor There are passages in every separate book of the canon, into which accident, or the somnolence of copyists, has introduced errors seriously disturbing the sense and the coherence. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Blaine sought shelter under another angle of the basement, and after a vigorous struggle against somnolence, finally dropped off. Our Pilots in the Air They pretended they desired this tranquillity, and somnolence of their hearts. Theresa Raquin The swing of the carriage, the little varieties of the road, but served to add to her somnolence. In Kedar's Tents A warm summer rain was falling; its gentle, pattering murmur into the gutter helped to lull Kennard's senses into somnolence. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Along the kitchen garden, between the four hedges, the May sun shone with a languid heat, a silence disturbed only by the buzzing of insects, a somnolence suggestive of painless parturition. The Fat and the Thin One summer day as he lay on the surface of the tepid sea quite unconcernedly, the sense of comfort led to a slight somnolence. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian The man was soon up, apologizing for his somnolence, and preparing tea for his master's entertainment. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil Farewell; the rhythmic somnolence of oars; Star-misty vastness; swiftly moving air; Then distant lights on undiscovered shores. The Five Books of Youth Just for a moment he wondered if, while he was in that state of somnolence, other bandits had come to take the place of those that were going. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Lebrun, like a big, shaggy dog, shook himself free from creeping somnolence. I Will Repay As the pituitary secretion is lessened, the blocking action of the fatigue products in the body be-comes greater and morbid somnolence sets in. The Treasure-Train After these miserable nights, she had long periods of somnolence that made her more tranquil, in the warmth of her bed, when her maid had opened the curtains and lighted the morning fire. Strong as Death In her accents sounded nothing harsh, nothing vehement; she talked quietly, without varied inflections, as if thoughtfully expounding an agreeable theme; such talk might well have inclined a disinterested hearer to somnolence. The Crown of Life A kind of torpor born of intense fatigue lulled the Terrorist's senses to somnolence. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel As a physiologist he believed in the artificial placation of malignant agencies chiefly operative during somnolence. Ulysses No," he resumed, "it is just a case of what we call narcolepsy— pathological somnolence—a sudden, uncontrollable inclination to sleep, occurring sometimes repeatedly or at varying intervals. The Treasure-Train Of late years, it is true, this world-famed capital of West Flanders has lost something of its old somnolence and peace. Beautiful Europe: Belgium When the novelty of the Salomon concerts had worn off, many of the listeners lapsed into their usual somnolence. Haydn And, the moment she got there, and could gratify her somnolence without offense, need we say she became wide-awake? Foul Play When sleep does come at last, it is often but a state of somnolence which, far from suspending the activity of the mind, actually maintains and quickens it more than waking would. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography This case bears a striking resemblance to the pronounced natural somnolence of hibernation. The Treasure-Train They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness. The Elusive Pimpernel Mr. Ventnor sat in an armchair on the opposite side of the fire; and, finding a kind of somnolence creeping over him, pinched himself. Five Tales You will work steadily through the whole, anticipating the somnolence that will subsequently fall upon you with a certain amount of satisfaction. The Angel and the Author, and others She might almost personify Britannia," said he, "with her complete self-absorption and general air of comfortable somnolence. His Last Bow "Viva Costaguana!" he shrieked, with intense self-assertion, and, instantly ruffling up his feathers, assumed an air of puffed-up somnolence behind the glittering wires. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard But Sir Percy seemed, whenever his wife's name was mentioned, to lapse into irresistible somnolence. The Elusive Pimpernel In the evenings, while cards were being played, his abstraction resembled his father's somnolence. Beatrix He dropped into a sort of gloomy somnolence. Catherine De Medici He was aware of hepatic pains, suffered from accesses of somnolence and suppressed gusts of fury which frightened him secretly. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows The Baron had tried to think; but after passing the bridge at Gournay, the soft somnolence of digestion had sealed his eyes. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life She had noticed that the arrival of the bed seemed to draw him from his somnolence. The Lesser Bourgeoisie This last effort, the flash of an energy now waning, had caused the present weakness and somnolence of the old man. Beatrix But the tragedy of the story is this: I cannot expect the milk to produce somnolence any longer; my peaceful attitude of mind towards it is completely destroyed. In a German Pension These constant and secret researches into matters occult gave to Etienne's life the apparent somnolence of meditative genius. The Hated Son In a very short time after laying his head on his mattress, he fell into that first fantastic somnolence which precedes the deepest sleep. The Red Inn Then during the course of the day there are always one or two trifling incidents which arouse you for a little from your somnolence. Russia This constant somnolence, becoming daily more and more frequent, did not alarm either his wife, his blind sister, or his friends, whose medical knowledge was of the slightest. Beatrix If the ceasing of faction be the price of the King's somnolence, he may awake when he will, and take wing. The French Revolution Travellers dreamed of cisterns, hunters of their forests, veterans of battles; and in the somnolence that benumbed them their thoughts jostled one another with the precipitancy and clearness of dreams. Salammbo The gnawing of profound discomfort existed side by side with an incredible disposition to somnolence, as though he had been buffeted and worried into drowsiness. Typhoon His power of sleeping, and his somnolence when he imagined he was awake, were his two most prominent characteristics. Russia On the South Shore of Long Island, all things incline to a natural somnolence. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things The air there was heavy with the somnolence which accompanies a long vigil, and the lamps cast a wavering light while their burned-out wicks glowed red within their globes. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Days of passive somnolence, At its wildest, indolence. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed Well may the men of the old school complain that the world is turned upside down, and regret the old times of traditional somnolence and comfortable routine! Russia |
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