| 单词 | soporific |
| 例句 | When I pour it on my hair, I feel a sticky cold like dry ice, then a soporific heat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the soporific heat of those months Blanca, protected by the creature that was growing inside her, forgot about the magnitude of her disgrace. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Eerily, the taped music comes on over the intercom, saccharine, soporific. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One of his officers then broke the soporific silence of the tent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He was a man of high professional standards, a careful and deliberate, exacting judge who held himself to the letter of the law, however soporifically. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z By October San Piedro had slipped off its summer reveler’s mask to reveal a torpid, soporific dreamer whose winter bed was made of wet green moss. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She engaged in disputes that annoyed the local nobility, and she sold soporific and perhaps hallucinogenic drugs as do contemporary Mexican curanderas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She is soothing, but not soporific; intoxicating without inebriation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His eyes did not leave the patrons face while his velvet voice rose passionately above the soporific air of the siesta. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I discovered Emerson’s soporific qualities the hard way, by falling asleep with my face in the book, drooling all over an essay called “Self-Reliance” and having the vending-machine dream for the sixth time that week. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z These helped stir up the churning that’s habitual in Mr. Skybetter’s compositions, and the hint of recklessness was welcome in a program whose rhythms and repetitions verged on soporific. Dance Review: Skybetter & Associates Dance at Joyce SoHo 2012-04-09T21:24:23Z I don’t always agree with its selections — the main slate’s soporific “Liberté” and “Motherless Brooklyn,” oof — but these are choices rather than just opportunistically checked boxes. Around the Movie World in 17 Days at the New York Film Festival 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Walker, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, even goes so far as to pre-emptively acknowledge his book’s potential soporific powers. Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z After a soporific Berlin winter, each sign of wildlife brought a particular thrill. Escaping Berlin for the Watery Wonders of the German Outdoors 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z A soporific audience sat about, snapping the artist while he worked. Do It: the art of instructions 2013-07-09T06:00:00Z These provide an endless thudding that is very soporific to the modern ear. Mersey Molière 2013-02-05T18:00:47Z That makes for a strange brew, both riveting and soporific. Review: In ‘Who Killed My Father,’ an Inquest and an Indictment 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Certainly, the album contains some great songs – "Amor Fati", "A Dedication" – but, at times, it's so soporific that it borders on background music. Working 9 to 5 2011-07-30T23:04:05Z “Instead of writing a soporific and sycophantic memoir, he’s written a satire that’s critical and alive and intelligent.” Rep. Steve Israel, finding the funny in Washington’s corridors of power 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z “Hello, friend,” his soporific voice greets us, lulling us into a false sense of security that this is a garden-variety TV voiceover. You talkin' to me?: how TV narration got personal 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z There are many of these duets in “It Starts Now,” and they are the best parts, inventive and tender if also a bit sappy and soporific. Review: A Choreographer Stakes an Independent Claim 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Relevance, though, often covers a multitude of aesthetic faults — the soporific dullness of being earnest, relentless sentimentality or even a covert didacticism, typically stressing the myriad derelictions to which human beings are all prey. Review | Oh, the places you’ll want to go! Two new books offer the most magical of escapes 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z From “the soporifics of normalcy” to “the numbing raptures of the Web,” “Zero K” captures us “trapped in our own obsessive clamor.” Don DeLillo’s novel ‘Zero K’ captures the swelling fears of our age 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z As he searches for her – meanwhile taking on "a strange beam of soporific light, and a host of marauding Soul Pirates" – he embarks on "a dangerous journey into a land he may never forget". Doctor Who regenerates in ebook form 2013-01-07T15:31:00Z The result is an album that's well-played and pleasant, but too often soporific and forgettable, despite the strength of the melodies. Addis Acoustic Project: Tewesta 'Remembrance' ? review 2011-08-18T21:20:03Z Bailey's narration was soporific – his dry delivery suits drollery and, as there was none here, it remained simply flat and unaffecting. Unreported World: Sex Lies and Black Magic (Channel 4), Baboons with Bill Bailey (ITV) 2011-04-09T08:00:02Z Music for children is often dismissed as either simple and silly or simple and soporific. 7 Albums for Kids That Adults Will Want to Hear, Too 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Many others call it the perfect nightcap: Mark Twain, according to David Wondrich's Imbibe, took one for years before bedtime, calling it "the only soporific worth considering." How to make a perfect Hot Toddy, the whiskey cocktail to keep you warm this winter 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z A troupe of performers wearing white jumpsuits carried in two puddings, one containing legal stimulants, the other soporifics. Bring along your muse for a magical sleepover in the park 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z The next, he was literally Jesus Christ – still taciturn, definitely still tortured, but ostensibly a more benevolent presence – in Garth Davis’s prettily soporific religious drama Mary Magdalene. Is Joaquin Phoenix set to be the greatest actor of his generation? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z He must read supposedly soporific books to an infant who gives every sign of eternal wakefulness. “Incredibles 2,” Reviewed: A Sequel in the Shadow of a Masterwork 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Virgil’s decorous Latin gets translated into a language which calls for eloquent Latinate polysyllables: the Sibyl flings the guard-dog Cerberus “a dumpling of soporific honey”. Music from the underworld 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z But that was gangbusters compared with the soporific debut of the teen-vampire drama The Moth Diaries: a mere $2,400 at two venues does not add up to a hit. Think Like a Man Snaps The Hunger Games' Streak 2012-04-22T20:46:05Z Countless have already raved about “Carol” as the latest installment of Todd Haynes’ sumptuous revisionist cinema, for good reason: The film flat-out ravishes with pathos—it is moving but not mopey, dreamy while never soporific. Cate Blanchett’s cocky elegance: As Queen Elizabeth, Bob Dylan or a closeted ’50s housewife, her on-screen seductions are anything but sweet 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z It was hearty, but not heavy; it was warming, but not soporific. The Many Lives of Roberto, a Soup 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The result is a pleasant if sometimes soporific easy-listening set that doesn't match her best film work or her recordings with Kronos Quartet. Asha Bhosle and Shujaat?Khan: Naina Lagaike ? review 2011-03-10T22:01:01Z It requires patience to wend through Refn’s beautiful, soporific mood piece, but the atmosphere makes the occasional spasms of violence pop in contrast. 12 Great TV Series by Film Directors 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z It's a classy and charming set, even if the finale of the Incredible String Band's Sleepers Awake sounds soporific. Jackie Oates: Lullabies – review 2013-03-21T22:00:03Z Still, even with the light layer of gloss, it’s soporific music. Music Review: How to Dress Well at Glasslands: Shadowy Tribute 2010-08-15T22:16:00Z But everything about Ms. Del Rey’s current phase is carefully plotted: it’s woozy and sometimes soporific soundtrack soul, glued firmly in the mid-1960s, with debts to Nancy Sinatra and Dusty Springfield. Music Review: Lana Del Rey at Bowery Ballroom - Review 2011-12-07T23:04:18Z It takes place in the break room of a local Hobby Lobby, on a deadly accurate set by Wilson Chin featuring a malfunctioning microwave on the counter and soporific motivational programing on the closed-circuit television. Review: Rude T-Shirts and Rude Awakenings in ‘A Bright New Boise’ 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Spacey’s character was a fascinating fiction in the opening seasons, although the actor’s unctuous tone became rote and soporific over the course of the fourth season. Netflix drops a provocative “House of Cards” teaser as Donald Trump is sworn in 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Choose a soporific piece of music that you like, and fall asleep with it quietly playing. Zzzzzzzzz … 12 simple steps to a good night’s sleep 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Accompanied by a soundtrack heavy on ethnic ululations, Ms. Close guides us from the dawn of time to the sunset of fossil-derived energy with soporific sobriety. | 'American Grindhouse': Exploitation 101 2011-02-04T01:23:01Z Some entire chapters, particularly in the middle Mansoul section, struck me as wholly soporific. Alan Moore’s sprawling new epic, ‘Jerusalem’ 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Coogan does, in fact, smoke a joint, lighting up in the same house where Coleridge wrote “Dejection: An Ode” and indulged in opium, the soporific that enslaved him in “humiliation and debasement.” | ?The Trip': 2 Pairs of Sharp Elbows On White Tablecloths 2011-06-09T23:20:20Z The models walked in opposite directions around the circle circuit, to some soporific soundtrack, so much so that some guests felt as if they were being hypnotized. On the Runway Blog: More Resort: Ralph Lauren, Nina Ricci 2013-06-06T19:57:11Z Though golden enough for any nostalgist, “Stories by Heart” is neither soporific nor cute. Review: Surprise Lessons From John Lithgow’s ‘Stories by Heart’ 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Still, too many limpid ballads and twinkling, twirling miniatures in sequence became soporific. Music Review: Sylvan Sounds, Meant to Be Seen 2010-10-19T22:05:00Z When an author warns in the third paragraph “I’m not a reflective person by nature,” grab your blankie — you’re in for a soporific ride. Alice Waters got us to eat healthy. What more can she teach us in her new book? 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z A "soporific media" does nothing to challenge a status quo in which "untold sums are off budget for defence, mosque expansion and princely usage." After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies by Christopher M Davidson 2012-12-28T22:55:04Z It’s not like Sidney Lumet’s film of “The Wiz,” from 1978, where New York’s landmarks and topography and attitude are surreally, stupendously yet soporifically turned in on themselves. It Took Me 40 Years to Watch the Movie ‘Diva.’ It Was Worth the Wait. 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Walter is a local TV producer in need of something to replace a hilariously soporific embroidery show called “A Stitch in Time.” "Lessons in Chemistry" understands the assignment: Never forget that cooking is vital work 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The songs swim in a haze as they shift, move and bend in soporific satisfaction. Mac DeMarco addicted to making music, seeks clarity through hard work 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z The noise, he said, was soporific and satisfying, like “a kind of mini euphoria.” Welcome to Peter Strickland’s Worlds 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Portico fans will undoubtedly want this update for the subtle sonic tweaking, and the live recordings sufficiently ramp up the group's familiar melodious murmur for those listeners who previously found them soporific. Portico Quartet: Knee-Deep in the North Sea ? review 2011-02-03T21:46:00Z The BBC gained a reputation for being a bit snooty, and soporific. A Century of the BBC, a ‘Quasi-Mystical’ Part of England’s Psyche 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z But the hang is soporific — there is not a single internal wall; old and new art is strung monotonously along the perimeter like so many PowerPoint slides — and the juxtapositions are frequently forced. A Festival of New Asian Art, Seeking a Direction 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z All that seductive, sotto voce epistemology can have a slightly soporific effect. Review: ‘Vinegar Tom’ and ‘Judith’ Examine Woman as Myth 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z McDermott’s childhood memories are matched by naïvely excited music; the flotation tank, by a soporific étude; the simulated coma, by music so shapeless yet alluring that it could have been written by Satie. Review: Philip Glass and the Meaning of Life 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Silly wigs are duly donned, ponderous dialogue deadeningly delivered, sandy swords soporifically swung and CGI scenery splashed around dazzlingly, presumably hoping to distract us from the wooden performances. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-10-13T23:05:39Z Thanksgiving is an endurance contest: You want wines that are energetic rather than soporific. And Now the Easy Part: Selecting Thanksgiving Wines 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z "Faced with the search for Susan, a strange beam of soporific light, and a host of marauding Soul Pirates, the Doctor is promised a dangerous journey into a land he may never forge." Dr Who story writer confirmed 2013-01-08T07:51:37Z The House of Lords "she found soporific" and "ponderous". Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z Pub bores will already be licking the tips of their quills and drafting some dreadful soporific diatribe about how endless sequels and reboots are yet more proof that society is going down the Armitage Shanks. A fourth Matrix movie is exactly the kind of rabbit hole reality needs right now 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z This stately film lays out the good, the bad, the sad and the proud in stark patterns, to mostly soporific effect. Movie Review: ‘A Green Story,’ Directed by Nika Agiashvili 2013-05-23T23:22:41Z First comes the soporific: When we enter the theater, Louis is already at a desk, uplit by a laptop, muttering as he types what is evidently this script. Review: In ‘Who Killed My Father,’ an Inquest and an Indictment 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z But these “Tordre” solos are on the cusp of the soporific. Review: A Choreographer’s Head-Spinning Turns as Self-Revelation 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z But their music was more likely to induce the baby to stay in the womb in a soporific stupor. Grizzly Bear 2010-06-29T21:40:00Z Eventually, people’s nerves were shot, their patience had worn thin, and many turned to opioid drugs, as well as Valium and other soporifics. Iggy Pop Is Fine With Being the Godfather of Punk 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Such simple, affordable places in the old-fashioned style, a captivating rocky landscape that was the backdrop for ancient myths … these are the charms of laid-back, soporific Serifos. Serifos, Greece: great interiors, even better outdoors 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Photograph: David Levene He quotes Piaget when I ask him to explain the phenomenal success of In the Night Garden, and how it manages to be both soporific and entertaining. Secrets of In the Night Garden 2010-08-15T20:59:00Z While the second movement turned slightly soporific, the finale was a raucous tour de force, making the encore, Clara Schumann’s sedate “Romance No. 1,” a much-needed return to calm. Review | At the Phillips Collection, 2 young performers make for a dynamic combination 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z But the story — inspired by the Koda Rohan novella “The Five-Storied Pagoda,” about a carpenter who builds a pagoda with wood from a tree he loved as a child — is soporific. First Up in La MaMa’s Return: Strange, Enchanting Puppetry 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The lowest moments on the new album are soporifically dull, career-questioningly bad and, the worst sin of all, irrelevant. Critic’s Notebook: Green Day and No Doubt Have New Albums 2012-09-25T22:10:16Z Tolkien’s children’s book certainly feels a lot faster than the soporific first movie. Movie Listings for Feb. 21-27 2014-02-20T23:52:06Z Trump made no news during the chat with a sympathetic Carlson, which at times was so low-key it bordered on soporific. Trump-less Fox News Republican debate draws better-than-expected 12.8 million viewers 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The study, published in the journal Science, reveals the precise choreography of their bizarre soporific routine. Scientists crack the mystery of elephant seals’ extreme sleep habits 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z With the stomach-churning swells of the Drake behind us and the soporific effects of the motion sickness medication wearing off, I could now fully register my extraordinary surroundings. No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “He needs a little discomfort to feel alert,” Pim writes; “too much comfort is soporific.” Review | The rootless, brilliant and tragic life of Joseph Roth 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The soporific Reagan era made the music and lyrics SST trafficked in seem an active threat. The L.A. man behind the music that defined the 1980s 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s another tradition I’d forgotten, the dish’s almost magically soporific quality, its weight requiring unconsciousness to digest. For Many Members of the Arab American Diaspora, Mansaf Offers a Taste of Home 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The Ōura app even provides recordings of boring stories, read by someone with a wonderfully soporific voice, to help her fall asleep. Big Data, Questionable Benefits and my Girlfriend's Magic Ring 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z But at the time I recall thinking perhaps Biden's soporific tendencies were a good thing. With Biden in office, can we finally get some sleep? 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z With his weirdly soporific voice and orange face, Trump is in turn mesmerising, entertaining, appalling and shocking. Charisma trumps character in modern politics | Brigid Delaney's diary 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Any magic the game once had is now replaced by a soporific parade of strikeouts, ground balls into the shift and virtually an absence of entertaining strategy. Letters: Enjoy the ride on the Plaschke roller coaster 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z The Tour director, Christian Prudhomme, talks often of cycling’s need to cater to “generation zapping”, and of making the race less soporific, more friendly to a younger audience fixated by social media and soundbites. Tour de France set for Grand Départ shrouded in fear and uncertainty 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Greenwood then did precisely the same moments later and Manchester United’s tempo was already higher than Sunday’s soporific pace when being knocked out of the FA Cup by Chelsea. Greenwood grabs point for Manchester United after Pogba's penalty blunder 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Mazzy Star sounded like they existed in their own ambiguous world, somehow apart from whatever else was happening in music: becalmed but faintly disturbing, soporific but never boring, austere but hard not to succumb to. David Roback: hallucinatory guitarist still sending pop into a dream 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z A soporific first half fitted the pattern of Chelsea’s home games this season. Dan Gosling’s late winner for Bournemouth leaves Chelsea stunned 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z “We’re so induced into sort of this soporific state by reality television, stuff just happening in front of us. It seems real; it’s real enough; it’s OK. ‘Those people are stupid.’ Stop talking to Meryl Streep about bucket hats 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Indeed, the soporific nature of much of the football through a scrappy first half had felt depressingly appropriate. Chelsea win Europa League after Eden Hazard inspires thrashing of Arsenal 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z In truth, the three of them could have been forgiven for feeling relieved to have played no part in a soporific opening 45 minutes. Ruben Loftus-Cheek seals controversial late win for Chelsea over Cardiff 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z United’s problem was in defence, though, as this 45 minutes began as the first did with a concerningly soporific approach. Anthony Martial goal proves key as Manchester United hold off Watford 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Players adapted so quickly that the rounds were completed some 30 minutes quicker than the usual soporific near-five-hour average for a threesome. Golf: PGA Tour's Baldwin hoping to boost equal opportunities on and... 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z It’s intolerably boring; the expanse of space in the game is huge and empty, aside from some treasure and tedious battles, and navigating it is soporific. Kingdom Hearts III reviewed by someone who has never played Kingdom Hearts 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Still, the moment of induction seemed purely adolescent: She and her sister wanted an escape during a soporific visit to their grandparents. She Couldn’t Quit Smoking. Then She Tried Juul. 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z When the game — a soporific 3-0 win for England — failed to capture the fans’ imagination, though, a few creative minds started fiddling with the cards. Past and Present Collide at Wembley, England’s Spiritual, and Spiritless, Home 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “She lay very still, waiting with a sensuous pleasure for the first effects of the soporific. She knew in advance what form they would take …” Hysterical surrealism? A pop culture for our age of economic insecurity 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z With no further goals and little urgency on show from either side, the last half-hour was soporific, if not downright tedious. Leroy Sané strikes early as dominant Manchester City brush Fulham aside 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z But now, by trying to lampoon whiteness, she’s made a “white” play: shallow, soporific, and all about itself. The Soullessness of “Straight White Men” 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The 2018 Tour de France turned east with a soporific stage, so lacking in action that it would have been welcomed by insomniacs. Tour de France: Dylan Groenewegen sprints to stage seven victory 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Clinton’s decade, that holiday from history, was certainly a time of peace and prosperity — but a soporific Golden Age that made no great demands on leadership. Things that matter, in the words of Charles Krauthammer I don't mean to minimize even one death and I am not repeating the somewhat soporific mantra that even one death is too many. How Syria’s Death Toll Is Lost in the Fog of War 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z In September, at a normally soporific meeting of the Arab League in Cairo, Saudi and Qatari diplomats exchanged barbed epithets like “rabid dog” and heated accusations of treachery and even cruelty to camels. Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z He is also a founder of Dream Water, a liquid soporific meant as a kind of reverse Red Bull. Graydon Carter, Ex-Editor of Vanity Fair, Invests in an App 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Germany’s politics is no longer the stuff of soporific speeches and a supine parliament – the shift reflects a more fragmented society and a more assertive electorate. Why the once-durable Merkel may not last much longer | Anne McElvoy 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Tennis would appear to be inherently ill suited to radio, both overly busy and potentially as soporific, in terms of narration, as something like the shipping news. ‘Youzhny Lobs! Federer’s Underneath!’ Challenge of Tennis on Radio 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z "What I really want to do is create a listen that is relaxing without being soporific," said Walker, a doctor of music and pianist. Radio 3 to explore living with dementia in six-hour broadcast - BBC News 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Too often, this kind of economic history becomes dry and even soporific. Opinion | The long — and dangerous — American path paved in gold 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z It felt like one of those days with which Arsenal are familiar against a dogged opponent, where the sideways passes can be soporific and the chances not taken. Robert Huth’s own goal gives Arsenal welcome win over Leicester City 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z We found that the drug naltrexone, which counteracts endorphins, reversed the soporific effect of gentle squeezing of pigs. Your cat loves hopping into boxes. Here’s why. 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Those who’ve traveled on the Amazon know that it is in reality mundane, soporific and almost dreamlike. Perspective | The hero of ‘The Lost City of Z’ was no hero 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Exposure to sunlight prevents the brain from producing melatonin and other natural soporifics. The pleasure, and paranoia, of the scientific night shift 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Over the weekend I heard a commentator on the usually soporific NPR news advise listeners to stock up on bottled water. Forget fear and loathing. The US election inspires projectile vomiting | Barbara Ehrenreich 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Conte, the frustration mounting in the technical area, had not witnessed a display this soporific up to now and must have been tempted to fling on replacements. Jordan Henderson’s sumptuous strike helps Liverpool to win at Chelsea 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Cavett: Try instead saying, “That must have been dreary and made you feel soporific.” Perfect Strangers: When Dick Cavett Met Seth Meyers 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Sports on television is the probably the greatest soporific known to man. What Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Looks Like to a Black 49ers Fan 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Inside, with the lid closed, it is as acoustically dead as a recording studio, quite soporific and, for this overweight Westerner, at least, rather snug at the shoulders and hips. Peak death 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z A video that Mr. Arthur streamed on Facebook captured responders helping an unsteady man into an ambulance; nearby, another slumped soporifically against a fire hydrant. 33 Suspected of Overdosing on Synthetic Marijuana in Brooklyn 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z And the soporific fare offered up by both sides in the first half compounded it. Wayne Rooney shines as Manchester United ease past Bournemouth 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Trump managed something similar with Jeb Bush, originally the most conventionally presidential of the G.O.P. field: He picked up on how soporific Bush could seem and never stopped mocking his stamina. Is Trump ‘Presidential’? Is Anyone? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Her pillows are stuffed with soporific hops and barley. Arianna Huffington’s Sleep Revolution Starts at Home 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Their injury woes were compounded when Otamendi was also substituted with barely 20 minutes on the clock in what was a soporific start to the encounter. Despite Injuries, Manchester City Advances in Champions League 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Like all opiates, it was an effective pain killer, an anti-diarrheal and a soporific. From morphine for kids to heroin for soldiers: the strange history of opiates in America | James Nevius 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Several studies suggest that it is a more effective remedy than soporific drugs. Can Gizmos Cure Insomnia? 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The heat was soporific, and beside them, two buffaloes nosed through a pile of dung, quietly grunting. Indian Women Seeking Jobs Confront Taboos and Threats 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z It was during a week of tense, soporific talks in Bonn in the run-up to the disastrous Copenhagen summit of 2009, and he stuck out a mile. The incredible plan to make money grow on trees | Sam Knight 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z On stage at presidential debates, Mr. Carson borders on soporific. Ben Carson Turns Heat on Reporters in Feisty News Conference 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z And that meant long soporific stretches in which few Mets reached base. Mets’ Autumn of Joy Ends With a Pile of Miscues 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z What was a largely soporific race for more than half the distance was enlivened by a potential intra-team controversy at Mercedes, when Hamilton disagreed with a request for him to make a second pit stop. Rosberg wins from Hamilton in Mexico 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Their casual commentary was painfully soporific and politically obtuse, undoubtedly helping the TV audience gain new appreciation for the deep insights of Don Lemon and Gretchen Carlson. Jeb Bush’s stunning, televised implosion: How the former GOP frontrunner became a sad, pathetic joke 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z For the record, here’s exactly what the pediatric neurosurgeon turned Republican presidential hopeful said: “Relaxed” understates how soporific he is. Ben Carson’s horrifying Iowa surge: Why his campaign’s rapid rise bodes ill for this election 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Castro’s soporific welcome condemned the embargo as “cruel, illegal, immoral and illegal”, and demanded the return of the US naval base in Guantánamo. Pope Francis's failure to chide Cuba makes his visit there an empty symbol | Alfredo José Estrada 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z As the shoot wore on, a sort of soporific haze settled over the spectators; around midday, I momentarily lost track of Moore on the monitor. Julianne Moore, Beauty and a Beast 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Author and columnist Ben Shapiro found an interesting definition for the word soporific. Twitter Says Fiorina Won the Early GOP Debate 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Thereafter his mood drooped in keeping with the soporific conditions, until a brief rally in the third set. Andy Murray overpowers Robin Haase to cruise into Wimbledon third round 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The Lost Brothers – two Irish brothers, each armed with an acoustic guitar and a bright and clear singing voice – play their traditional and delicate folk to remarkably soporific effect. Glastonbury 2015 live: Burt Bacharach, Sleaford Mods, Adele and the build up to Kanye West 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Twenty20 cricket is a fast-paced game that bears little resemblance to five-day test matches that are often played at a soporific pace and are losing appeal even in traditional cricket-playing countries outside Australia and England. Twenty20 set for U.S. in 2016: top official 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Where Smith is an academic purist, Popcaan is almost soporifically casual. Jamie xx rebuilds the '90s rave of his dreams on In Colour 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Looked up "soporific" in the dictionary, and this is the picture I found. Twitter Says Fiorina Won the Early GOP Debate 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z If the event seems insufferably boring then don’t go; stop accumulating soporific social obligations. Adderall In The Workplace: 7 Warning Signs You've Crossed The Line And Need Help 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The Lost Brothers – two Irish brothers, each armed with an acoustic guitar and a bright and clear singing voice – play their traditional and delicate folk to remarkably soporific effect. Glastonbury 2015 live: Burt Bacharach, Sleaford Mods, Adele and the build up to Kanye West 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z It was a soporific start to the season and there was predictable moaning afterwards about F1 requiring major surgery. Vettel turns up the heat on Mercedes 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z However, education is not some soporific idly proclaimed by those seeking to ease their conscience about income inequality. Knowledge Is Power 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The string of soporific Oscars that have come from otherwise brilliant hosts shows it may be the most challenging job in show business. Forget Neil Patrick Harris: Our Suggestions for Oscars Host 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Those who know Merkel say that she is as lively and funny in private as she is publicly soporific—a split in self-presentation that she learned as a young East German. The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z As mesmerizing a raconteur as Parks is — and he’s absolutely the best thing about “Tusk” — the actor ultimately turns the film into a bedtime story with his soporific delivery. ‘Tusk’ movie review: Kevin Smith tries to gross you out but lulls you to sleep Even as a child, I found his art on television soporific. I saw Rolf Harris's dark side when I questioned his portrait of the Queen 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z One of your correspondents was among the 62,712 fans disappointed by the teams’ soporific play. The Beautiful Game Theory 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The group would establish its own ruthlessly highbrow journal, an ongoing counterblast to the soporific blandishments of which Hardwick had complained. Robert Silvers interview: 'Someone told me Martin Scorsese might be interested in making a film about us. And he was' 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z This is the soporific, statistical drumbeat to which black children march through our institutions and to which society as a whole has become inured. Racism is far more than old white men using the N-word 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z The central issue of that hearing—an appeal for an environmental review of a transportation pilot program—was soporific on the surface. The Class War Is Back On in San Francisco 2014-04-02T21:38:47Z He serves $10.50 beers and demands that you root for a soporific Knicks team whose so-called playoff run is based on the fact that it plays in an embarrassing multicar pileup of a division. On Pro Basketball: Jackson Offers a Glimmer of Hope at Dolan’s Palace 2014-03-15T21:16:34Z But there is something soporific about television: I would often nod off. Economic View: Get Some Sleep, and Wake Up the G.D.P. 2014-02-01T14:16:25Z Soon, what many regard as a soporific election campaign will be over. German election: The possible outcomes 2013-09-21T09:37:09Z Whatever happened to the slow pace of French life and the soporific sound of the cicadas? A tale of two French villages 2013-08-06T23:08:35Z Unlike the soporific purple and beige cubiclevilles that fill the rest of Yahoo’s dot-com-era headquarters, the mobile group has adjustable workstations that let employees sit or stand. Can Marissa Mayer Save Yahoo? 2013-08-01T10:00:53Z Just four wickets fell in 80 overs on the first day; it was "absorbing" said the connoisseurs; "soporific" the IPL devotees just might have replied. Lord's proves a treacherous place for New Zealand's batsmen 2013-05-19T16:00:59Z Not out of some hairline crack detected midway through a soporific 35-over spell, or with a grudging sense of last-day decorum. Shane Warne's ball of the century, 1993 2013-04-29T08:59:01Z This burst of goalmouth activity was manna from heaven after the soporific first half, and Ince soon took on Schmeichel again from 20 yards, which sounds like a case of nineties deja vu. Blackpool 0-0 Leicester City 2013-02-23T17:33:35Z Mr. Schwarzenberg himself has dismissed those who have criticized his age and soporific tendencies. Czech Prince, Schwarzenberg, Runs a Punk Campaign 2013-01-25T02:56:06Z Follow-up experiments suggested that the soporific compound in the patients' CSF is a peptide or small protein, presumably made by the brain, but otherwise its identity remains a mystery. Putting Themselves to Sleep 2012-11-21T19:35:26Z A "soporific" goalless draw having been played out, Spurs pipped Brighton & Hove Albion to third spot on goal difference. The Joy of Six: big clubs in the lower leagues 2012-09-28T09:16:12Z But only a buffoon would draw too many conclusions from one lacklustre performance on a soporific track. South Africa's bowlers fail to make an impression against England 2012-07-19T20:05:10Z Insomniacs are likely to find their favorite soporific off limits without that phone call. Essay: Health Care Mandate Puts a Cranky Uncle in Every Exam Room 2012-07-02T19:07:33Z According to her owners, after these amphibian benders Lady would be “disoriented and withdrawn, soporific and glassy-eyed.” Opinion: Our Animal Natures 2012-06-09T23:35:26Z The name is a reference to the soporific and oppressive heat in the region. Mexico election: Drugs war in spotlight 2012-05-25T02:46:52Z A slight degree of asphyxia is thus relied on as a soporific agent. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z Chloral given as an injection, so as to induce its soporific action, is equally soothing, though nothing more. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z In the first place, the subject has become identified with that portion of theatrical entertainments usually found to be the least soporific. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z A quickened conscience is not the best of soporifics, and Revere was a long time in getting to sleep. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z The Pains are generally most severe in the Night; whence it has been usual to give composing soporific Medicines. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z It should be remembered, that invalid as he was, Spencer aggravated matters by his scientific hypochondria, and perhaps also by his soporifics. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z We recall the man in the field in the twenty-second chapter of The Romany Rye who used Wordsworth’s poetry as a soporific. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z Dr. Paul Elmer More stole up on me in the dark with a soporific little book, the first I had ever read about Nietzsche. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z The protesters are working people, many of whom will leave the city for three soporific weeks in January. Tens of Thousands Protesters Gather in Moscow, Russia 2011-12-24T11:51:29Z Her idea was that the bed-book is soporific, and for that reason she even advocated the reading of political speeches. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z After some eighteen hours of this tread-mill exercise in an atmosphere charged with soporific influences, music has lost its charm, and authority its terror. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Life disturbances and mental worry seemed to have completely vanished, and it appeared as if, with mental perception lucid, I were under the influence of a powerful soporific; the cares of mortals had disappeared. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z They belong to the order of merely formal explanations, as when it is said that the toxic qualities of morphia are due to this drug possessing a soporific character. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z Except the slumber procured by soporific potions, she had known no repose since she had been confined within the Tower; and this night she felt more than usually restless. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z There was something enervating and soporific in the steamy atmosphere. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z He then prescribed certain medicines, amongst them powerful soporifics, and Joey was instantly despatched, upon his arrival, to Alma to get them compounded, while the doctor remained by the patient to watch her malady. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z The latter induced the captive to take a mixture that was to serve at once as a tonic and a soporific. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z I suppose the shock of the swim, the race up the terrace to the "Swan," the rum and milk which followed had a soporific, soothing effect. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Insistent clocks and schedules keep that way, and the upholstered but rigid routine is a soporific. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z After a soporific first half, the game sprang to life for 10 minutes in the second period, as Villa briefly laid siege to the Wolves goal. Aston Villa 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2011-08-27T13:15:31Z I followed him into a chemist's shop and waited patiently while a powerful soporific was compounded. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Her weakness is extreme, and although her eyes are wide open she does not seem to be wholly awake; she still seems under the effect of the soporific and tonic of the night before. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z I drank a cup of hot soup in which there must have been some soporific, and sank into a deep, refreshing sleep. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z It acted like a soporific to the judgment not only of myself but of others, so that when an inner slope did occur it was apt to be overlooked. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z While the relaxing properties of natural sound may not come as a surprise, noises generally considered to be irritating, such as passing traffic and ticking clocks can also be soporific, according to the survey. Britons find getting to sleep is monkey business 2011-08-05T18:41:24Z I could not remember the man, but asked a few questions about him and ordered a soporific. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z In accordance with the urgent solicitations of his hostess, he agreed to swallow an Indian soporific, and try to lose his sorrows and his memory in that nearest semblance of death. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z Dormouse Dodo went off into his usual soporific state. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z It could not be discovered who had brought the soporific draught. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z Manipulation about the head has in many persons a most soporific effect, and several persons have told me that they always become drowsy under their barber's hands. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The anonymous author seemed to relish his cheeky, slightly un-Timesean kicker, which quoted a Republican on the state of the House: “a supine, subservient, soporific, superfluous, supercilious, pusillanimous body of nitwits.” Coming Next Sunday: The Latest Evolution of the Review 2011-06-18T19:06:55Z As we always do, Nocturnalist and her correspondents bopped around the city — from snore-inducing event to soporific gala — but for the most part we wished we had stayed home. Nocturnalist: In a Harlem Basement, Beneath the Stars 2011-06-16T02:25:32Z But, for Heaven’s sake, young Sangrado, be a little more sparing of extenuatives and soporifics in your practice than you have been in your poetry. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z On the other hand, I have played resort courses so lush, so perfectly kept up, that they feel a little soporific and unnatural, with the fairways spooling away as if from rolls of Astroturf. On Par: When a Bad Golf Course Edges Into Goodness 2011-05-23T01:07:46Z But, for Heaven’s sake, young Sangrado, be a little more sparing of extenuatives and soporifics in your practice than you have been in your poetry.” Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z When a Chedipe enters a house, all those who are awake will become insensible, those who are seated falling down as if they had taken a soporific drug. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The wine had a decidedly soporific effect upon the three travellers. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Both of those herbs are associated with soporific effects, according to the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. Can relaxation drinks put you to sleep? 2011-02-15T01:20:03Z During a largely soporific first half, Villa were the more threatening team, with Downing in particular a menace on the counterattack. Aston Villa 2-2 Fulham 2011-02-05T17:41:06Z The infant child who lies awake, Within its tiny trundle-bed, No soothing potion needs to take, If thou art duly read; And hosts of harassed monthly nurses Shall bless thy soporific verses. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z He had not found the bench at the police station of a soporific kind. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z He became accustomed to provincial habits of life, and allowed himself to slide into them; and even his love had assumed a character of mournful sweetness, a kind of soporific charm. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The sunshine lay on the yellow house fronts like a soporific. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z At length the narcotic property of the weed produced a soporific effect; Morpheus demanded his toll; and the wearied hunter, despite pain of wounds, and mental anxiety, sank into sleep, meerschaum in mouth. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z But there have always been what she calls “candy alarmists,” who warned that candy was too stimulating, too soporific, poisoned, or otherwise hazardous. Is Candy Evil or Just Misunderstood? 2010-10-27T04:26:00Z Conference coverage on TV tends towards the soporific; by contrast, Chile coverage in newspapers was an also-ran because the pictures counted for everything. Yes, Chile stretched the BBC budget but at least it hasn't lost its Seoul 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z There is also the element of reaching young people through a pop culture platform, which made a class that elicits soporific images of spreadsheets and bibliographies into something relatable. Project Runway Spices Up Sleepy Classrooms 2010-08-02T19:15:00Z In fact, I wonder if they were not half asleep when they did design it, given its soporific prettiness. Central Park vs. Prospect Park 2010-07-11T00:48:00Z It’s BMP that acts as the soporific, says Dr. Jack Kessler, the chairman of neurology at Northwestern and senior author of many of the recent studies. Your Brain On Exercise 2010-07-07T04:01:00Z The drop shots were just too short, the lobs just too long, the second serve slowed to a soporific 83mph, and he muttered to himself. Andy Murray falls at Wimbledon semi-final - again 2010-07-02T19:03:00Z Henman Hill was even more soporific as Murray took to the court, but this was as much down to the heat and empty Pimm's glasses as Wimbledon's occasional ambivalence towards the Scot. Andy Murray gives fans something to dream about 2010-07-01T00:24:00Z England turned up in an all-red strip that evoked the fires of hell that were creeping towards them after the soporific 0-0 draw with Algeria in Cape Town, when they were booed off the pitch. The good news for World Cup 2010: England are through ... 2010-06-23T21:39:00Z Test cricket has its days of thunder, and then, as today, its soporific ones where time seems to slow down and overs drift by. Trott lights the way for England 2010-05-27T19:20:00Z The famously relaxing hobby, which sometimes sees anglers doze off as equally soporific fish refuse to bite, has been introduced at Britain's biggest barracks in Catterick, North Yorkshire. Troops sent fishing to relax before Afghan deployment 2010-04-30T13:01:00Z Massa also joined the growing debate about the soporific nature of the race at Sakhir, which sparked suggestions that an immediate rule change is required. Felipe Massa feared for his F1 future at Bahrain grand prix 2010-03-19T15:12:00Z But the Church seems more concerned about dealing out soothing syrup to its soporific members than about wakening the dead. Victory out of Ruin Whisky, which formerly had had a soporific effect, now failed, though he doubled the quantity. The Land of Strong Men The purr of the lawn-mower and the tinkle of falling water are the two most soporific sounds in existence. The New Gulliver and Other Stories Had I known that this tea contained a soporific in the shape of a little harmless morphine, I would have found this act of self-denial much easier. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth This play, introduced as a soporific by Bob, proved a real bond. The Dual Alliance There are people whom calamity affects like a tonic, who rise from misfortune refreshed; there are others on whom disaster acts like a soporific, and he was one of the latter. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel It is sad, though a fact, but the process—especially in the morning—has a soporific effect. A Veldt Vendetta It is as soft as down, and soporific as opium. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" A kind of drowsiness was upon her, and the foggy atmosphere, coupled with intense, damp cold, acted as a kind of soporific. The Heart of a Woman She demands of her partner that he should give her stimulants, and he gives her soporifics. The Intelligence of Woman Moli�re’s medical student accounts for it by a soporific principle contained in the opium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The only trouble for our purpose is that it is sometimes so swiftly soporific that we are asleep before the sensation is fixed fast and noted in consciousness: which is one object of the exercise. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation It seemed to overcome him quite as a drug might or a soporific fume. The "Genius" The more stirring the theme, the more soporific the sound of our silver voice. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) A sensual and soporific kind of vapor had risen all about him—an incense blent of the odors of new-mown hay, of jasmine, musk and Parmesan violets, of daintily-bathed women's flesh, of wonderful lingerie. Their Son; The Necklace "Wait," he commanded, "I must know how I came here, or I will not rest with a thousand soporifics." Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Dysmas drank abundantly of the soporific, and held the gourd to his comrade. Mary Magdalen Eternal life was the soporific distilled by man, in his pathetic cunning, to dull the anguish of anticipated death. Old Crow He came, a Scotsman, to a colony one-third Scottish, and the name of Bruce was itself soporific to the opposition of a perfervid section of the reformers. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 It was agreed further that small type—Parliamentary debates and the like—was more soporific than large, besides spinning out the length and deferring the relaxation of turning over, when in book-form. When Ghost Meets Ghost The features of my colleagues when absorbing a first-rate soporific of this nature remind me of the symptoms of catalepsy enumerated in a treatise of forensic medicine which I once read. An Ocean Tramp With all her heart Aurora lent herself to this, glad to witness, as she thought, the belated effect of the soporific. Aurora the Magnificent Lounging before his book-shelves in search of a soporific, suddenly he remembered the mottled book. Old Crow I did not find the sea air make me sleep at Lynn, and incline to think that it is you, more than the climate that affects me so soporifically at St. Leonard's. Records of Later Life Remedies soon lost their soporific effect on me, or I acquired tolerance to the usual dosage, and the folks had to hunt up new things to give. Confessions of a Neurasthenic This wonderful reading had a soporific effect on the whole household; the old man sleeping in his armchair, the flies on the ceiling, and even the caged canaries in the window. Letters from my Windmill Is there not some danger, we ask, that the mind will be benumbed into perpetual torpidity by the influence of this soporific sapience? Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Reading is often a mere saving of trouble, a soporific for a restless brain. The Thread of Gold It sounded in her ears like a dull, soporific hum. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Similar to the Cypress, its sweet soporific scent is everywhere conspicuous and always pleasing. The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists He stickles at nothing, from simple phlebotomy, As our friend Sidney said, to a case of lithotomy: And I'll venture to say, that this latest specific, When taken, will prove to be no soporific. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 As he approached the hall door he found the atmosphere heavy with the soporific vapors from the broken vial, and he staggered drunkenly. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 I haven’t been sleeping well lately, and it may––” “If it serves as a soporific,” said David gravely, as he handed him the bulky package, “my labor will not have been in vain.” David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West Moli�re's medical student accounts for it by a soporific principle contained in the opium. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 10: Auguste Comte The young painter, rendered completely helpless by a soporific, lay stretched out beside her when the crime was discovered. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas It is evident that when the physician stated that opium has a soporific virtue, he did not account for, but merely asserted over again, the fact that it produces sleep. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive But I distrusted it; I was afraid the effect would be soporific—" Campbell: "And it seems you were perfectly right. Evening Dress Farce The "something" was a sweet and pungent cordial, which probably contained some soporific drug. Bandit Love The leading article was stupid, soporific, the tobacco soothing, the fire hot; he was just hovering in delicious languor upon the very borders of dreamland when a knock at the door roused him abruptly. A Bachelor's Dream According to the doctors, soporific, injected into the human body by the de Pravaz syringe, acts violently and efficaciously. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas The odor of a smouldering bough of balsam-fir hung in the air—warm, spicy, soporific. The Doomsman And it is a doctrine which renders the highest morality impossible and has proved the mightiest soporific to the conscience. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ After this burst, which is really exciting in a way, we must expect something more soporific. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Your remark about amorous sport being a soporific if performed regularly and without excitement made me double up with laughter. An Anarchist Woman Now, when I came on deck this morning, I found that the breeze, strong and fresh though it was, put me in that soporific state I had sought unavailingly in my bunk. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Might only sea air and exercise act as a soporific! Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Audiences are quite prone enough to fall asleep without these soporific aids. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 But, unwilling to lay aside the prominence which had been his, all day, he brandished the bottle as if it were a weapon instead of a soporific. Young Hilda at the Wars Mary Randall, deep in her easy chair beside the window and lulled by the soporific monotone of Mr. Carp’s voice, saw the afternoon darken into dusk and the dusk deepen into night. Little Lost Sister Her idea was that the bed-book is a soporific, and for that reason she even advocated the reading of political speeches. Old Junk The irregular passage of the receptacle from one to another was at least a motion not ordered in the deliberate rhythm of decorum; and the clink of the money was pleasantly removed from the soporific. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The substance seems to act as a soporific, as the creatures, after tasting it, always remain a day without coming out of their houses. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America When in church, Master Walter had more of a soporific tendency than the rest of my young charge. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) Like Washington Irving, these may have considered a good clean shave the best soporific. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The waters of Mandragora are of a curiously soporific character, while those of the River Madeira have a toxic quality which renders them dangerous when drunk in large quantities. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914 They are not of the soporific kind especially. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's Converse has written many other hymn-tunes, which have taken their place among ecclesiastical soporifics. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions But he has a very comfortable pew, in a very soporific church, and he is only half awake, and the echo dies away and leaves no sign. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A placid, undistinguished tale, that may be commended as nourishment or soporific according to the taste and fancy of the reader. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 The strongest soporific in the world wouldn’t give me sleep this night. The Death Shot A Story Retold Seated over the chasm upon the tripod, the Pythia was inspired, it seems, by the soporific and maddening drugs. The Superstitions of Witchcraft Their slumber was sweeter, too, than it would have been had they stretched themselves on "downy beds of ease," for health and weariness are two soporifics which art can never supplant. The Hunters of the Ozark With the usual huge queue of students following, he had gone in to see her, as I had been unable to get the results desired with a reasonable quantity of sedatives and soporifics. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Having some difficulty with getting to sleep, he resorted to soporifics and then, in a savage reaction, to stimulants. Security Providence, out of pity for mankind, has instilled a soporific charm into all tedious things. My Reminiscences Invisible hands were dragging me down, throwing dust in my eyes, hypnotising me with soporific gestures. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance They proved to be soporific, for he gradually reclined backwards on the green turf and fell asleep, surrounded by and partially covered with grapes, like a drunken and disorderly Bacchus. The Norsemen in the West Being unsuccessful, he had recourse to a soporific plant which he had recently discovered. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole I had always a ready soporific at hand. Rattlin the Reefer From which it appears evident that the actual words used as a soporific allow considerable latitude of choice. Spirit and Music Under the influence of soporifics the same transfer of consciousness is produced, and we meet with more or less remarkable phenomena due to the higher consciousness. Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution The murmur of the stream as it flowed by, and the suppressed hum of insects with the occasional cry of some bird, had a very soporific effect. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory The slumber for which Mora begged so persistently, the lethargy, to speak more accurately, lasted a whole night and morning, with partial awakenings caused by excruciating pain which yielded each time to soporifics. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) A rank, soporific superstition has crept over these free and easy spirits,—a superstition as dark and deceitful as any of the inventions of Rome. The Parables of Our Lord Uncle Ingemar's low, monotonous voice lecturing about so commonplace a thing as Evil had a soporific effect on him. The Status Civilization He had made up his mind that he might have to spend days in this soporific hamlet. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date Then, hastened possibly by the soporific influence of that school book, sleep came at last. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Her normal sleep has evidently come to depend upon continuous soporific suggestions from a child. The Story of the Mind It was a luxury to be dressed by her, a mental soporific. The Coast of Chance I can furnish you," he said, "with a perfect soporific. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The air is not only a sedative, but a soporific. My New Curate Oh, Boswell! the soporific effluvia of a hearty dinner cloud all my faculties. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica He had rather be left in quiet with Walter Scott and Maud, the drone of the long descriptive passages being a sure soporific. Wayside Courtships "Play me No. 22 for next time!" was the order, and in a soporific manner the pupil waded through all the studies of all the Technikers. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques It gives off an unpleasant soporific smell, which is said to prove harmful to those that sleep under its shade. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The morphine should be given not less than an hour and a half before bronchoscopy to allow time for the onset of the soporific and antispasmodic effects which are the desiderata, not the analgesic effects. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery The literary bureau at Washington has acted as a soporific on the mind and conscience of the American people. Golden Lads My own breath collecting inside the newly flayed skin must have had a soporific effect, for I was soon fast asleep. Adrift on an Ice-Pan To listen to such makes no tax upon the intellect, and with the right accessories is soporific, restful, pleasing and to be commended. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers I am sure the essential oil of Onions has soporific powers. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure He could not sleep; poppies and soporifics failed him. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance To these soporific works of reference he apparently regarded the dramatist's volume as a fitting pendant. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays In its present state, we cannot compliment him on its shape or beauty; for, as this bard himself sweetly sings, 'The clear harangue, and cold as it is clear, Falls soporific on the listless ear.' Early Reviews of English Poets His manner of delivery was soporific, his voice thick and monotonous, but none could gainsay the learning and intellectual power of his discourses. The Story of Cooperstown But if Lettuces are taken at supper with this view of promoting sleep, they should be had without any vinegar, which neutralises their soporific qualities. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Perfect soporific tranquillity possessed the surroundings except for shell-bursts, and their meagerness intensified the aspect, strangely enough, on that battlefield where I had never seen a quieter afternoon since the Somme offensive had begun. My Second Year of the War He smiled grimly and withdrew; no doubt realizing there were other soporifics applied by nature than those weighed and measured by the apothecary. Medoline Selwyn's Work Accordingly he kept back the missive, and, to make assurance doubly sure, mixed a soporific drug with his brother's drink when the latter came in from fishing. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural Misconceptions.—We temporize with the fundamental situation by the use of such soporifics as the expressions “necessary evil” and the like, but that leaves us exactly at the starting point. The Vitalized School This place, the beauty of it all, is acting upon him like a soporific. Nobody's Man I sank off to slumber in my chair, no doubt under the soporific effects of this metaphysical morphine. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic Cheese is also a caseous preparation of milk; the duties of an archdeacon are to perform archidiaconal functions; and opium puts one to sleep because it possesses a soporific virtue. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science His fish diet has a soporific effect; gorged with food he becomes stupid and is easily taken. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 Tell her woe to the world, seek a soporific, repudiate the scheme of things, or from the vantage point of her failure turn to the untried relations of her life, call upon her unused powers? The Business of Being a Woman The librettist is inexorable: the stage is wanted for some one else; and the watchman's song merely acts as a soporific, and at last the poor fellow snores. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Criticise these statements: Sleep is beneficial on account of its soporific qualities. The Art of Public Speaking Mercifully, Mr. Burroughs writes so continually at the top of his voice that after a time the clatter comes to have an effect merely soporific. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 When one remembers all the liquids, medicinal, soporific, insipid, poisonous, which flood the throat of humanity, one may deem himself a favorite of Fortune to be placed so high in the catalogue. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 It was like the scent of orange-flowers, and had certainly a soporific effect upon the senses. The Brownies and Other Tales The motionless fog enveloped us both with a soporific humidity; and equally immersed in one unconscious thought, we remained there side by side, like blood-relatives. A Reckless Character And Other Stories Dear unsophisticated soul, whose wanderlust was yearly arrested, or rather satisfied, with the summer holiday by the sea, and whose rector father acted as a weekly soporific to his congregation. Leonie of the Jungle In certain cases they are the first of all soporifics. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) The labor of losing what there was not any soporific in adopting was not agonising. Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories But this pondering in such soporific vapors had the effect of those mathematical devices whereby restless people cipher themselves to sleep. Israel Potter The an�sthetics and soporifics of the last two days were having their usual aftermath. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement To use extreme language, it might almost be called a monotonous and soporific mode of existence. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians A large fire had been burning all day and the atmosphere was soporific. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood They—I mean many of them—have found their way into the pharmacopoeia, and are constantly prescribed by physicians as soporifics of rare potency. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 It coming on to rain violently, he stole down into the forecastle, dimly lit by a solitary swinging lamp, where were two men industriously smoking, and filling the narrow hole with soporific vapors. Israel Potter It may, indeed, be generally argued that the religious teachers acted as a social soporific. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Quintessence of all soporific flowers, Extract of all the finest deadly powers, Thy favor to thy master now impart! Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe It had the appearance of being intended to act as a soporific upon society, whose aim it was to ignore those jarring contrasts which lay beneath the surface of every age. The Art of Interior Decoration But either she was tired because she had not slept the whole night, or the warmth and the closeness and the smell of the candles had a soporific effect on her as on many another. Invisible Links It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is "soporific." The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies But, despite the soporific motion of his huge charger, Dermot's vigilant eye searched the apparently lifeless jungle as he was borne along. The Elephant God Trouble, with forced inaction, nearly always has a soporific tendency, and a continuous noise is favorable to sleep. The End of the World A Love Story The resident assistant-physician took him home to Savile Row in a cab, assisted him to bed, and sat with him a while after he had administered a tonic and soporific. Master of His Fate His Excellency, with the prestige of a career, must be kept soporifically enjoying the forms of authority. The Last Shot "Then, minstrel, you shall sing me to sleep every night, especially with that song of Marlena; it is soporific as the airs of Nora-Bamma." Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I These poems are not plays; and the innocent spectator, being told that they are, is made to believe that poetic drama must be necessarily a soporific thing. The Theory of the Theatre Uncommonly fine soporifics are they; But they seem after Tennyson, Shelley, and Poe Just a trifle too Rosy for Billy Barlow— Oh, dear Raggedy, oh! In Bohemia with Du Maurier The First Of A Series Of Reminiscences A physician, Blackmore had turned to poetry for relaxation and composed his soporific epics, by his own admission, in the coffee-houses and in his coach while visiting patients. Essay upon Wit Soon the soft night air of June was too strong a soporific for Remember's desire to keep awake and hear the catamounts scream, as he had heard they did in those woods. Hillsboro People Were it not that sheer sleeping and soporific passages, circumlocutions, repetitions, touches even of pure doting jargon so often intervene…. Essays Æsthetical She bent over him and kissed him and her kiss was even softer, more soporific, than her voice. Mr. Prohack In its present shape we cannot compliment him on its beauty; for as this bard himself sweetly sings:— "The clear harangue, and cold as it is clear, Falls soporific on the listless ear." Cowper Boldness such as this did not act exactly as a soporific. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado His words deadened her doubts like a soporific. Every Soul Hath Its Song Drowsy with the soporific he had taken, the doctor did not at once respond to the summons. A Spinner in the Sun It is forgotten how low the Italian race had fallen under puny autocrats whose influence was soporific when not vicious. Cavour Once there she slept the sleep of exhaustion, fatigue and sorrow mercifully acting as a soporific, her capacity for further thought or feeling literally worn out. Deadham Hard He recommends this medicine in stubborn disorders of the head, proceeding from viscid tenacious matter, in palsies, and in soporific distempers. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II Exceedingly monotonous and soporific was his voice, and it was necessary to strain every nerve to tell whether he was preaching, praying or reading, the words were much the same in each case. The Gentleman from Everywhere He had exhausted the harmless soporifics long ago, and turned, perforce, to the swift and deadly ministers of forgetfulness. A Spinner in the Sun She was the only person born in the cloister who seemed to have freed herself from the soporific influence of the church. The Shadow of the Cathedral Perry surprised himself by the ease with which he made this monstrous threat, but it seemed to have a soporific influence on his companion, for he muttered an "aw gwan" and subsided into abashed silence. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 DOG'S MERCURY.—This plant is of a soporific deleterious nature, and is said to be noxious to both man and beast. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II And the next time a woman asks——" "But I didn't say——" "The next time you smell mignonette, think of it as a soporific. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel The Welsh are celebrated for their Lullaby songs, and a good Welsh nurse, with a pleasing voice, has been sometimes found more soporific in the nursery, than the midwife's anodyne. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 386, August 22, 1829 "Bless this old town, it's like——" "A soporific," she supplied, and joined his laugh. Bambi He had never before realised the intensely soporific effect of the American sun, of the American air, the drowsy, sleep-compelling uproar of Niagara. The War in the Air It was sultry and bright;—even the sea-breeze was warm; there were pleasant odors in the shade, and a soporific murmur made of leaf-speech and the hum of gnats. Chita: a Memory of Last Island He found the Closet: The Bottle stood in the place which Matilda had described, and the Monk seized an opportunity to fill his phial unobserved with the soporific liquor. The Monk; a romance THE little rabbits smiled sweetly in their sleep under the shower of grass; they did not awake because the lettuces had been so soporific. A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories The soporific atmosphere that the readers feel when perusing the "Globe-Democrat" or "Republic" is characteristic of the town. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 He found himself thinking of old Doby and Mrs. Welden, as a sort of soporific measure, when he lay awake at night. The Shuttle When I had read two or three of the small hours away and was as wide awake as ever, I found that a drink furnished the soporific effect. John Barleycorn Give Antonia the soporific draught this Evening: Eight and forty hours after She has drank it, Life will revive to her bosom. The Monk; a romance Already disposed to be drowsy, it acted upon him like a gentle soporific. Paul Prescott's Charge She lay very still, waiting with a sensuous pleasure for the first effects of the soporific. House of Mirth Some authorities hold that the proper books for a guest-room are of a soporific quality that will induce swift and painless repose. The Haunted Bookshop Evidently soporific substances had been mixed with the food we had just taken. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Matilda, who was well acquainted with the nature and effects of the soporific medicine, had computed that it would not cease to operate till one in the Morning. The Monk; a romance It was certainly the effect of the soporific draught, for, instead of exerting my strength, I sunk without motion, though not without sense, on his shoulder, my limbs refusing to obey my will. Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman "And are they so soporific?" he laughingly asked. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 But there are other causes, which have been found more irregular and uncertain; nor has rhubarb always proved a purge, or opium a soporific to every one, who has taken these medicines. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Now I've stumbled on a soporific philosophy, and am getting all I can out of the anaesthesia, and you are reproaching me. Quaint Courtships The first pages of most of these old papers are as soporific as a bed of poppies. Old News (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") But music always had a soporific influence on his nerves. The Jew and Other Stories And, indeed, I longed for some such soporific myself before morning. The Pagans Sermons I am apt to find a little soporific in this country; but in Spain I should listen as reverently as ever, for proprietors must set a good example on their estates. Prue and I Are there not soporific dreams and sweet deliriums more soothing than Reason? Trivia The first thing is to keep ourselves awake all through the soporific night, when everything tempts to slumber. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Satires irritate—love-songs are found calorific; But smooth, female sonnets he deems a specific, And, if taken at bedtime, a sure soporific. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Mrs. Spires talked on in a rapid, soothing, soporific voice. Esther Waters Señor de Loyarte is soporific as a general rule, but in his polite sortie against me, he is more amusing than is usual. Youth and Egolatry But sake is the most soporific of wines; and by midnight only three of the men remained on deck. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Dan took me back to the room and put me to bed with a transdermal soporific that knocked me out for the rest of the day. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom It seems as if we had above us an opium sky which rains down soporifics, go that we are fast asleep to all that it most concerns us to wake to. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Her poppy seeds won't work; there is not a soporific page in the whole book. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century The materials used in the air-loom by these pneumatic adepts are infinite; but principally effluvia of certain metals, poisons, soporific scents, etc. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day Though Beta knew it not, the wise old woman had steeped therein a few leaves of the ronyilu weed, brought from the Abyss, a powerful soporific. Darkness and Dawn The wind in my face and the sun are too soporific for me. Life at High Tide As some one says, it is as if an opium sky had rained down soporifics. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII It may be remembered that Archibald, in what we may term his soporific period, had manifested a strong, although entirely irrational, repugnance to this east chamber. Archibald Malmaison Like opium it is only secondarily a soporific, and to produce this effect it should be given three or four hours before the intended bed-time. The Opium Habit What a pity that we cannot borrow some small share of this soporific disposition! Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents He hoped that it would be a soporific. We Can't Have Everything The object of this with the Indian is to steep his senses more deeply with the narcotizing soporific. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young The white lees are given to the servants, and have a strong soporific quality. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time That last bottle of '48 port, with the aid of a powerful soporific, ensured that Mr. Shipman would sleep undisturbed during the night. The Old Man in the Corner There is nothing oratorical in his style of delivery; it is calm, slow, and has a rather soporific influence upon his hearers. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston She would have lolled back now—for the air was soporific—but, instead, she started suddenly. A Man and His Money Whose devotional Elocution was remarkably impregnated with soporific Qualities. Poems Perseverance and affection at length prevailed, and as Emily took the opportunity of some refreshments to infuse a strong soporific, Jane lost her consciousness of misery in a temporary repose. Precaution But for Heaven's sake, young Sangrado, be a little more sparing of extenuatives and soporifics in your practice than you have been in your poetry.' Adonais The plants, too, which formed the witches' pharmacopoeia, were generally selected either from their legendary associations or by reason of their poisonous and soporific qualities. The Folk-lore of Plants The air itself seems inimical to thought,—soporific, and yet pregnant with activities of dissolution so powerful that the mightiest tree begins to melt like wax from the moment it has ceased to live. Two Years in the French West Indies The dull people of that soporific town are really and truly and realistically dull. Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor In the open the howling and whistling of the wind always acts on me like a soporific. Over Prairie Trails It was there the gentlemen visitors, chiefly diplomats, who wanted to speak to him, joined him; while the lady visitors sat round the Queen's table, at which the conversation was general, if occasionally soporific. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Even the old German in the back row seemed plunged in soporific inattention. Courts and Criminals Likewise, I found it soporific—this pure, dry, warm wind. Two Years in the French West Indies Mickie filled his hat with them, and as the soporific effects of the juice of the leaves passed off, the remaining fish recovered and were soon swimming about again as if nothing had happened. Confessions of a Beachcomber He cannot resist the soporific tendencies of the furnaces. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. Your soporific was his excitement; think of that. It Is Never Too Late to Mend At the beginning I kept myself awake, but the endless repetitions had a soporific effect. Björnstjerne Björnson, 1832-1910 "Yes," replied Horace gravely, "Hume has often been considered soporific—" "Who's your friend—and will he die?" Flappers and Philosophers It seems like saying that opium sends men to sleep because it has a soporific virtue, and bread feeds because it has an alimentary quality. Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society Alice gave signs of an inclination to doze; she had had a sleepless night, in spite of soporifics. The Odd Women She had a soporific at hand, remaining from the time of her illness, and in dread of a sleepless night she had recourse to it. Demos He had not, however, made allowance for his own extreme weariness or for the soporific effect of the alcoholic fumes with which his comrade's breath was redolent. Monsieur Lecoq Thoroughly worn out, less by fatigue than by excitement and anxious thought, I fell into a profound sleep, natural this time and not provoked by any soporific drug. The Master of the World Everything was beautiful, well-ordered, and tranquil, but he knew if he stayed there long he would hear the cry of the black geese and the clang of flung-down rails ring through the soporific calm. The Girl from Keller's The healthy moistness of the skin showed that my prescription had operated as a sudorific, no less than as a soporific. Such Is Life Neither did he know, though he felt drowsy, whether inexpectant sadness—that gentle soporific—lulled him into a short sleep, so that he lost count of time and consciousness of incident. The Well-Beloved Can nothing, however, be done to restore, in the reader's judgment, that just balance of "the sensational" and the "soporific," which all writers, that have readers, disturb? Hard Cash A faint hum, as of invisible insects, gradually pervaded the school; the more persistent droning of a large bee had become dangerously soporific. Cressy The recreations of the people were soporific and flat. Cabbages and Kings In them there were no considerations of Mediterranean cruises, of soporific Southern skies drifting in the Vesuvian Bay. The Four Million One will never know the exact measure of one's infecting power; or whether, indeed, one is not just a long soporific. Villa Rubein, and other stories Instantly, all heads were turned in amazement at this audacious interruption to the soporific decorum of an English court. Hard Cash The opiate was having its effect; I began to feel soporifically calm. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan When the monotonous sound of Weyrother's voice ceased, Kutuzov opened his eye as a miller wakes up when the soporific drone of the mill wheel is interrupted. War and Peace The quiet of the building, the drowsy buzzing of flies, and perhaps the soporific effect of the liquor caused his eyes to close and his head to fall forward on his breast repeatedly. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Her environment acted as a soporific upon her ancient desire always to live with Daisy. When God Laughs: and other stories Probably the woman had mixed one of the soporific drugs of which they know the secret in my drink, for I did not wake up till very late the next day. Carmen Henry was lank and soporific, and not inclined to rush his business. Waifs and Strays Part 1 Seated mostly on the bulwarks of the steamer, they silently scanned the banks, while the deck quivered, crockery clattered at the buffet, and the deck hand in the bows sighed soporifically: Six! Through Russia To read their works is the most soporific employment that we know; and a man ought no more to be proud of refuting them than of having two legs. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 But his own eyelids were growing exceeding heavy, and the soporific sound acted hypnotically upon his sleep-hungry brain. The Trail of the White Mule She applied some to dye the bright colours of the tartan; from others she compounded draughts of various powers, and unhappily possessed the secret of one which was strongly soporific. Chronicles of the Canongate There are some strongly blended natures on which extremes of joy or of grief have a soporific effect. Massimilla Doni Under the influence of such a soporific, I soon fell asleep. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening He read the Evening Prayer and the Litany, and then at last he resorted to the thirty-nine articles, which usually had a soporific effect on him. The Breaking Point On their return to their native country they very soon fell victims to the soporific influence of the surrounding social atmosphere. Russia I was determined to eat only such things as could not possibly have anything soporific introduced into them. The Three Musketeers All this talk about Shakespeare had acted as a soporific, or rather as an incantation upon Katharine. Night and Day We achieved an effect of rather stuffy comfortableness that was soporific, and in a passive way I think she found these among her happy times. The New Machiavelli |
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