verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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Well, on the way back - before we met up with the Space Shuttle - I dozed off .
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Finally, tired, he sat down on a park bench to rest and dozed off .
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He dozed off with the familiar, soothing noise of Firelight's hay-chomping over his head.
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He fought sleep but still dozed off , waking with a sputter when he slipped under the surface.
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Lampard was not surprised; on his first raid he himself had dozed off while the enemy barbed-wire was being cut.
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But almost immediately, he dozed off in his chair.
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If you dozed off and the computer happened to break down, the silence generally woke you.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
light sleep/doze
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About two hours every night is spent in light sleep.
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Corbett fell into a light sleep and was awakened by Ranulf with the news that the ferrymaster had returned.
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I'd been in a light sleep.
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Stages 1 and 2 are stages of light sleep, just drifting off and being asleep but easily aroused.
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Then a sudden wave of exhaustion swept over her, and she slid into a light doze.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Geoff lay dozing gently in a sunlounger.
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He left his mother dozing by the file.
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Kevin often dozes in his chair instead of going to lunch.
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Some people managed to sleep, but most of us just dozed fitfully.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All this is done while the philosopher stares abstractedly out of the window and the interviewer dozes off.
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As we dozed off, we heard the sound of approaching footsteps and voices, which jerked us quickly back to life.
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From here she could see old Mrs Fermoyle dozing in her huge crib.
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Lying on the bed she had dozed rather than slept.
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While Celestine paid avid attention, Paula started to doze .
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With eel in her hand, the baby at her feet, Sethe dozed, dry-mouthed and sweaty.