sleepy
/ˈsliːpi/ verb C2- To sleep.
Verb forms
- Base form
- sleepy
- He/she/it
- sleepies
- Past
- sleepied
- Past participle
- sleepied
- -ing form
- sleepying
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Danglars was tired and sleepy; he therefore went to bed, placing his pocketbook under his pillow.
A few minutes elapsed, as you remember, before the sleepy commissionnaire drew your attention to the bell, and those were just enough to give the thief time to make his escape.
I am afraid that I must leave you to your own devices, as the appearance of two inquiring strangers upon a sleepy countryside might excite more gossip than I care for.
The daily appearance of a brougham and pair could hardly have been overlooked in such Sleepy Hollows.
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