Dozed

Examples

• Good Mrs. Vesey (always the first of the party to sit down) took possession of an arm-chair in a corner, and dozed off comfortably to sleep. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It made us all lethargic before we had gone far, and when we had left the Half-way House behind, we habitually dozed and shivered and were silent. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Again he dozed off to sleep, and again a mule fell down the chimney. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The tired company had broken up, and all the rest were gone to bed except the young lady's father, who dozed in his chair by the fire. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Oliver dozed off again, soon after this; when he awoke, it was nearly twelve o'clock. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He dozed often, and whenever he awoke without seeing him, said first of all, Where is Woodcourt? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When at last I dozed, in sheer exhaustion of mind and body, it became a vast shadowy verb which I had to conjugate. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If I dozed for a minute, I was awakened by Miss Havisham's cries, and by her running at me with all that height of fire above her head. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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