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Adjective the soporific heat of summer this medication is soporific, so do not drive after taking it

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Time was, city council meetings in minor American burgs were sleepy, if not downright soporific affairs.

Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2022 If the comfort of the chili sauce took the form of catharsis—heart-racing heat and its attendant sweat—the comfort of the tomato soup was soporific, more soothing than Campbell’s.

Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 6 May 2022 The soporific Reagan era made the music and lyrics SST trafficked in seem an active threat.

Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022 His music has been described as bland and soporific -- like an aural hit of Ambien.

John Blake, CNN, 5 Dec. 2021 The Ōura app even provides recordings of boring stories, read by someone with a wonderfully soporific voice, to help her fall asleep.

John Horgan, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2021 No other season lends itself so readily to daytime lounging as summer, with its soporific heat, slowed-down pace, and somnolent rhythms.

Vogue, 6 Sep. 2021 On this show, what happens after dinner usually arrives in soporific glimpses.

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021 Relevance, though, often covers a multitude of aesthetic faults — the soporific dullness of being earnest, relentless sentimentality or even a covert didacticism, typically stressing the myriad derelictions to which human beings are all prey.

Washington Post, 23 June 2021

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Despite the vicious—and mostly ineffective—GOP attacks on Biden’s mental acuity, the former vice president gave listeners a level of detail Thursday night that bordered on the soporific.

Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 15 Oct. 2020 The filmmakers hit the reset button again, to find new conflict-laden places to go, new soporific curses to do.

BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019 And education’s soporific wonkitude works in its favor: Negotiations fly under the radar.

Roger Sollenberger, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2019 Norton, who has already completed the 12-hour sleep-coaching program with his own Tier X trainer, takes me up to the hotel’s penthouse suite to watch the sunset over the Hudson and sample a line of soporific CBD chocolates.

Howie Kahn, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2019 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 This never made sense anyway, though for the gullible few, inflamed rhetoric has apparently served as an effective soporific.

Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, 3 Jan. 2018 The flow is further evident in the variety of tracks, which span the gamut from lush deep house rhythms to soporific electronica and ambient compositions.

Michael Sundius, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2017 See More

单词	soporifics
释义	soporific 1 of 2 adjective sop·o·rif·ic ˌsä-pə-ˈri-fik 1 a : causing or tending to cause sleep soporific drugs b : tending to dull awareness or alertness 2 : of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy soporific 2 of 2 noun : a soporific agent specifically : hypnotic sense 1 Did you know? Soporific comes from Latin sopor, which means "deep sleep." That root is related to somnus, the Latin word for "sleep." Despite its meaning, somnus has been active, giving English somnolence (sleepiness), somnambulism (sleepwalking), and many other "sleepy" words. Synonyms Adjective drowsy hypnotic narcotic opiate sleepy slumberous slumbrous somniferous somnolent See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective the soporific heat of summer this medication is soporific, so do not drive after taking it Recent Examples on the Web Adjective Time was, city council meetings in minor American burgs were sleepy, if not downright soporific affairs. Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2022 If the comfort of the chili sauce took the form of catharsis—heart-racing heat and its attendant sweat—the comfort of the tomato soup was soporific, more soothing than Campbell’s. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 6 May 2022 The soporific Reagan era made the music and lyrics SST trafficked in seem an active threat. Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022 His music has been described as bland and soporific -- like an aural hit of Ambien. John Blake, CNN, 5 Dec. 2021 The Ōura app even provides recordings of boring stories, read by someone with a wonderfully soporific voice, to help her fall asleep. John Horgan, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2021 No other season lends itself so readily to daytime lounging as summer, with its soporific heat, slowed-down pace, and somnolent rhythms. Vogue, 6 Sep. 2021 On this show, what happens after dinner usually arrives in soporific glimpses. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021 Relevance, though, often covers a multitude of aesthetic faults — the soporific dullness of being earnest, relentless sentimentality or even a covert didacticism, typically stressing the myriad derelictions to which human beings are all prey. Washington Post, 23 June 2021 Noun Despite the vicious—and mostly ineffective—GOP attacks on Biden’s mental acuity, the former vice president gave listeners a level of detail Thursday night that bordered on the soporific. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 15 Oct. 2020 The filmmakers hit the reset button again, to find new conflict-laden places to go, new soporific curses to do. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019 And education’s soporific wonkitude works in its favor: Negotiations fly under the radar. Roger Sollenberger, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2019 Norton, who has already completed the 12-hour sleep-coaching program with his own Tier X trainer, takes me up to the hotel’s penthouse suite to watch the sunset over the Hudson and sample a line of soporific CBD chocolates. Howie Kahn, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2019 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 This never made sense anyway, though for the gullible few, inflamed rhetoric has apparently served as an effective soporific. Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, 3 Jan. 2018 The flow is further evident in the variety of tracks, which span the gamut from lush deep house rhythms to soporific electronica and ambient compositions. Michael Sundius, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Adjective probably from French soporifique, from Latin sopor deep sleep; akin to Latin somnus sleep — more at somnolent First Known Use Adjective 1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun circa 1727, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition soporific 1 of 2 adjective so·po·rif·ic -ˈrif-ik : causing or tending to cause sleep soporific 2 of 2 noun : a soporific agent (as a drug) soporifics noun plural of soporific as in tranquillizers Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance tranquillizers hypnotics tranquilizers sedatives narcotics palliatives anodynes opiates pacifiers anesthetics security blankets
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