I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
slumber party
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Coleridge wrote the line 'My cradled infant slumbers peacefully' after the death of his son.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A last drink of coffee was had, and the flat settled down to slumber .
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Evermore he slumbers, Tossing not nor turning, Endymion the shepherd.
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Everyone was slumbering but us three.
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He had a legendary ability to learn while slumbering.
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Jaq wished that he himself could slumber .
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On the floor slumbered other boxes crammed with more files.
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We slumber in gases: a red glow at the heart of every bed.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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As he sat he felt he was falling into a deep slumber .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He had fallen into a deep slumber by the fire.
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The giants awoke from their enchanted slumber .
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They were awoken from their slumber by a knock at the door.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And between the shores of waking and slumber lay sharp reefs of nightmare.
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Encased in iron lungs, tortured victims vainly chased slumber through long, fitful nights.
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Harriet slept so soundly that even her stentorian snoring did not disrupt her slumber .
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One by one, they drifted into slumber , becoming ever more difficult to rouse.
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She lay down and a sweet slumber came.
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The sounds of communal slumber murmured and sighed through the cloth walls.