They are comforting to have on the shelf, looking at me as I slumber, perhaps reminding me of another time or place or mindset.
Obviously I couldn't just amble down to the nearest park and force my fingers deep in the grass beneath me, ants crawling over my limp and lifeless body, strings of saliva dribbling down my chin as I succumb to slumber.
T. J. Moorey: Awkward position as Commons slumbered, crafty Salmond's delivered?
Maybe it was the stress of his high-pressure job that weakened his immune system, or maybe the disease had just finally started to progress as we slumbered, forgetting to monitor his blood.
Chapman almost certainly believed that his translation had been inspired by the spirit of Homer, and, presumably, that his many expansive paraphrases and circumlocutions reflected what Homer had dictated to him as he slumbered.
Lincoln once answered a knock at his bedroom door while wearing Derickson's nightshirt as the captain slumbered in his sack.
"Just as I was laying down to slumber for the night and not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, I hear that familiar 'Bwip!' from Skype, telling me I've just been unfortunate enough to receive a message at such late an hour," related Marroni.
I could hear her tapping away at it as I joined Jacob in slumber.
All I cared about was the firm reality of her breaths on my chest, the concreteness of her slipping into slumber as I sang my three lullabies.
It's 5 00 a.m. and I'm feeding Daniel while rocking Lucas into a slumber as I tap this out with one finger on my iPad.
Even if he is already asleep, he stirs when he hears the switch and asks, "Daddy, will you stay with me for a little while?" Holding my son as he slumbers, surrounded by big chunks of raw pine, is a cocoon I have to force myself to leave.
