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Definition of Drowse off
1. Verb. Change from a waking to a sleeping state. "He always falls asleep during lectures"
Specialized synonyms: Zonk Out
Antonyms: Wake Up
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drowse Off
Literary usage of Drowse off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Glory of the Trenches: An Interpretation by Coningsby Dawson (1918)
"... like conversation below stairs, I drowse off into the utter contentment of
the first deep sleep I have had since I was wounded. ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1882)
"... It takes a long long while,' He muttered. Janet turned—her smile Filled all
his veins with sudden dread. He started, shook the torpid drowse Off him ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1882)
"Janet turned—her smile Filled all his veins with sudden dread. He started, shook
the torpid drowse Off him like water; all around The ..."
4. What it is to be Educated? by Charles Hanford Henderson (1914)
"But this meal of unclean food and gross amount requires a lounge or a sprawling
armchair in which to recover one's breath, and drowse off the effect of the ..."
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