Sentence examples for slumber for from inspiring English sources

So Mexican cinema seemed to slumber for decades.

"Japan was in a euphoric slumber for two decades," he said.

Visitors to the Museum of Modern Art were treated over the weekend to a view of the Scottish actor in a state of slumber for a piece titled The Maybe.

A conversation between several colleagues might start with a few instant text messages, then escalate to a voice or a video call, then slumber for a few hours with icons sitting at the bottom of the screen, then start again, and so on.

Work had progressed so fast the pilot had to be awoken from his slumber for its maiden flight.

According to a study published online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the fish spend up to an hour spinning cocoons from their own mucous before they settle down to slumber for the night.

Alhambra, with its clover-shaped charms, was introduced in the late '60s but slumbered for decades.

The volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat had been slumbering for centuries when it awoke in 1995.

And as the firecracker explosions end, boys in street parades begin banging on drums at about 3 a.m. to summon the slumbering for sahur, the predawn meal.

Religious motifs abound, especially those common to several faiths, like the legend of the seven sleepers, who slumbered for centuries in an Anatolian cave, or the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son.

After slumbering for almost all 48 minutes in tonight's embarrassing 120-87 loss to the Indiana Pacers, the Lakers are 3-6 this postseason in games in which they could have eliminated an opponent.