There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling.
I gave that briefing to the President who was joined by the Vice President, the head of the CIA, the head of the FBI, and several members of the National Security Council. After a couple of jelly beans the President dozed off. That in itself was quite unnerving.
I can fall asleep on a dime.
I'm a great napper. I nap in a lot of places.
I am a sleepy fellow. I will take a nice long nap the first chance I get.
Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay awake, dreaming other dreams.
Six, or at most seven, hours' sleep is, for a constancy, as much as you or anybody else can want; more is only laziness and dozing, and is, I am persuaded, both unwholesome and stupefying.
Dormer by name, Dormer by nature: I love to sleep.
