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noun

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Recent Examples of soporific
Adjective
There's lavender, bees, and the soporific scent of rosemary; breakfasts of honey and peaches; history tours with owner James Heneage; and the sparkle of the distant water. Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2024 Everything already felt brown, and now the soporific monochrome is complete. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Noun
Like at night, when the soft beds and gentle rhythms of the train become a potent soporific. Jo Rodgers, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2018 After a soporific first 45 minutes ended scoreless, more than 40,000 spectators at the Rostov Arena had little reason to expect the remarkable, rollicking second half that awaited them. Tariq Panja, New York Times, 4 July 2018 See All Example Sentences for soporific
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soporific
Adjective
  • His viral videos are hypnotic, hard-to-comprehend highlight reels, featuring explosive dunks and intricate maneuvers performed by the lightning-fast athlete, such as bouncing a basketball on a fast break behind his back and then picking up the dribble to score.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The bridge, however, uses compression and digital manipulation to conjure up a hypnotic effect, almost like a loop.
    Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • After the arrest, a search of the apartment uncovered about 22,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, 10,000 methamphetamine pills and over 13 pounds of methamphetamine, as well as four pounds of xylazine, a veterinary sedative found in about 30 percent of overdose deaths in the city.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Super Bowl reporter found dead had sedative in his system, police say Wife of powerful cartel boss wanted by U.S. is released from prison In: New Mexico Death Gene Hackman Alex Sundby Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Parker Posey is especially good as a homemaker, Violet Ratliff, who arrives with a cache of tranquilizers—these are soon being pilfered and swallowed by her husband, Timothy (Jason Isaacs), a businessman about to be exposed for fraud.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
  • He's been shot twice by bullets and other times by tranquilizer darts.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Soporific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soporific. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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