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How to use sleepy in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Sleepy means tired; feeling the need for sleep. Example: “I was so sleepy that I hardly took in any of the lecture.”

Examples of sleepy by meaning

adjectiveSuggesting tiredness.

  • There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus

adjectiveTending to induce sleep.

  • a sleepy drink or potion

adjectiveQuiet; without bustle or activity.

  • a sleepy English village
  • Experts believe a pandemic welfare programme for poorer Brazilians has encouraged robbers to plan bold raids in sleepy regional cities where bank branches are storing more cash.2021 August 30, “Armed robbers take hostages in deadly bank raids in Brazil city”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London...
  • Usually sleepy border crossings into Kazakhstan and Mongolia have also been overwhelmed by the sudden influx of Russians looking for a way out.2022 September 23, Pjotr Sauer, Dan Sabbagh, “Border queues build as people flee Russia to escape Putin's call-up”, in Katharine Viner...

verbTo sleep.

  • Gabe go sleepy now.1994 November 4, Gabe Wiener, “Micing a solo piano (acoustic)”, in rec.audio.pro (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Aug 2026

More sentences with sleepy

  • I was so sleepy that I hardly took in any of the lecture.From the entry take in
  • Little Mary was sounding very sleepy, so I tucked her in bed.From the entry sounding
  • One snorer can keep a whole room of sleepy people awake.From the entry snorer
  • He was out till past midnight, so when he came back he was sleepier dennamug.From the entry dennamug
  • They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.From the entry content
  • When I felt sleepy I took to my bed.From the entry take to
  • We vidchatted and shared makeup looks until I got sleepy.From the entry vidchat
  • Now, I know you’re sleepy, but I just bet it’ll make you feel right as rain.2022 February 18, Dan Erickson, “Good News About Hell”, in Severance, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Mark S. (Adam Scott). From the entry right as rain
  • Sleepy Robyn's personality is a true neutral, but her wigs are absolutely chaotic evil.2020 October 26, Chris Murphy, “The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Wigging Out”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022. From the entry chaotic evil
  • Amador rocked me slowly in that amniotic tranquility and I started to get sleepy.2015 September, Gustaf Vonsheilds, Palm Spring Whispers, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 105. From the entry rubatosis
  • Typical terms invented to fill this vacuum include sleepies, eye-snot, and bed-boogers.2002, Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, Depraved and Insulting English. From the entry gound
  • They kept telling me that its sleepy stuff in his eye.2002 August 12, AAS, “Q update, part deux”, in rec.pets.cats.community (Usenet), retrieved 04 Jun 2022. From the entry spithole
  • It must be Sunday or Saturday morning and he’s cold and sleepy fisheyeing his long-haired sons.1996, Pat Lowther, Time Capsule: New and Selected Poems, Polestar Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 200. From the entry fisheye
  • Indeed, that same mewl added to the sleepy image that filled the dormant house.1995, Lídia Jorge, Natália Costa, Ronald W. Sousa, transl., The Murmuring Coast, page 89. From the entry mewl
  • Growing sleepy, Rabbit stops before midnight at a roadside café for coffee.1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 30. From the entry barrette
  • Pithion is a charming and sleepy little oasis in the middle of nowhere.1951 December, “Notes and News: Travel Through the Balkans”, in Railway Magazine, page 854. From the entry leave alone
  • She was a wallflower in a sleepy little town itself a wallflower.1921, Collier's, page 3. From the entry wallflower
  • Not just comfort, but luxurious comfort — the stretchy, yawny, sleepy kind — is his portion.1911, Munsey's Magazine, volume 45, page 74. From the entry stretchy
  • Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court races were once sleepy affairs.2025 April 2, Cameron Joseph, “Democrats’ big election night gives them first hope since Trump’s victory”, in The Christian Science Monitor. From the entry bellwether
  • As a general rule he had five simple emotion gears: he was either hungry, sleepy, curious, frightened, or temperish .2017, Robert Edmond Alter, Shovel Nose and the Gator Grabbers. From the entry temperish
  • On this occasion it was Nolan's deft flick that fooled West Ham's sleepy defenders Danny Gabbidon and Tomkins.2011 January 5, Saj Chowdhury, “Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham”, in BBC. From the entry flick
  • Ellen looked at her, at her face, now serious, with traces of sleepy dust still in the corners of her eyes.2008, Kathleen McCleary, House and Home, Hyperion Books, published 2008, →ISBN. From the entry sleepy dust
  • Sleepy, old Lymston's going to love you!1985, Miss Marple: The Moving Finger, spoken by Mr. Pye (Richard Pearson). From the entry event
  • Marie's face was suffused with a sleepy, appreciative look.1983, Robert Ferro, The Family of Max Desir, page 87. From the entry suffuse
  • "If you 'adn't sleepy fits you'd get some work to do, like other men." "Oh, shut it, woman!"1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry shut it
  • Sleepy Hollow and Pine Valley have nothing on us.”1917, Holworthy Hall, “If you don't Mind my Telling you”, in Century, pages 377–393. From the entry have nothing on
  • Calvert, a sleepy village in rural Buckinghamshire, is where the former 'Varsity line' from Oxford to Cambridge crossed the old Great Central London extension.2024 February 7, Paul Bigland, “Rail routes reinstated... at the double”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 48. From the entry Calvert
  • Mr. al-Gada is Sudanese, but was raised in a sleepy town in northeastern Saudi Arabia, where his father was a car mechanic.2023 May 5, Declan Walsh, “‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan”, in The New York Times, archived from…. From the entry Sudanese
  • Although Jacques Chirac more recently gave the role a distinctly sleepy, roi fainéant flavor, it remains a throne more than a mere office.2012 May 7, Adam Gopnik, “Vive La France”, in The New Yorker. From the entry roi fainéant
  • One of the pistoleros went to her but not getting any reaction from an overly sleepy and disinterested passenger returned to more gameful victims.2011, John Guzman, Reflections Behind the Retina, page 76. From the entry gameful
  • If you're lucky you'll get nauseous and sleepy and develop a skull-splitter of a headache. if you're not, the thing will simply explode.2004, James, Arlene, Beautician gets million-dollar tip!, page 48. From the entry skull splitter
  • To divert me I had only the Times, an article I was editing, and my own reflection, pensive and sleepy, framed in the sun-shot window.1997, Robert Cohen, The Here and Now, page 15. From the entry sun-shot
  • In sleepy Alor Setar where I come from, the favourite past-time is still lepakking at the Koew Teow Kerang Junid stall or the local McDonald's.1996 October 7, “Greetings to scmers”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet). From the entry lepakking
  • Many times, I have seen your name in the paper— the detective who solves the mysteries in this sleepy little city that sometimes awakens in mid-nightmare.2008, Rosalyn Wraight, Secrets and Sins, page 84. From the entry mid-nightmare

Meaning of sleepy

  1. adjective Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
  2. adjective Suggesting tiredness.
  3. adjective Tending to induce sleep.

Full definition of sleepy

Questions about sleepy in a sentence

How do you use sleepy in a sentence?
Sleepy is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “I was so sleepy that I hardly took in any of the lecture.”
What is a short sentence with sleepy?
“Gabe go sleepy now.”
What does sleepy mean?
Sleepy means tired; feeling the need for sleep.

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