make sb sleepy

Frequency: 7.013.5 per million words

To cause someone to feel tired.

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Examples (10)

  • The long, boring lecture was starting to make the students sleepy.
  • After a large Thanksgiving dinner, everyone in the family felt made sleepy.
  • The warm sunshine and gentle breeze will make you feel sleepy.
  • He found that the medication tended to make him sleepy in the afternoons.
  • The monotonous drone of the engine can make drivers sleepy on long journeys.
  • Don't eat too much before bed, or it might make you sleepy.
  • The calming music was intended to make the baby sleepy.
  • The heavy meal made him sleepy and he had to resist the urge to nap.
  • She hoped the chamomile tea would make her sleepy enough to fall asleep.
  • The humid weather and lack of activity seemed to make everyone sleepy.