Used in a Sentence

doze

How to use doze in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for doze.

Editorial note

Someone's bull got a double doze of attention.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a light fitful sleep

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of doze gathered in one view.

noun

a light fitful sleep

verb

sleep lightly or for a short period of time

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for doze.

noun

a light fitful sleep

verb

sleep lightly or for a short period of time

Example sentences

1

Someone's bull got a double doze of attention.

2

Even if I didn't doze off, I would be fighting to keep my eyes open and not getting anything else done.

3

Pointing out that you use a medical device should help get across the point that this isn't a frivolous request to doze.

4

I used to go to sleep at 3-4 AM, now I force myself off of electronics by midnight and read a book or write until I doze off.

5

Or, if you're looking for the substance of coffee, then there certainly are cheaper alternatives --Jolt, or no-doze, etc.

6

My bro-psych take, Dreaded Personal Anecdotes division:In sports, prior to big games, I tended to doze in the locker room; my brother threw up.

7

Though, I would rarely get any satisfying comprehension at normal or slower reading speeds either, cause my mind would just doze off to sleep after about a page or two.

8

But like Jobs/Wozniak, Lennon/McCartney, Simon/Garfunkel and any of a doze pairs who often did things together that were often better than what either could do alone.

9

I recently read a news article that said making roughly in the middle of a night's sleep is natural and you should just expect to doze off again rather than worry about it occurring.

10

I can't find it now, but my favourite 'doctor on a plane' story was from an anesthesiologist who struggles to sleep on a plane, so on a long haul flight took something to help him doze off.

11

Now, I usually don't eat heavily carbohydrated food, which makes me sleepy, during work, and on the rare occasions that I do, I can afford to doze off for 10 minutes without fear of being fired.

12

Saltykov-Shchedrin, great Russian satirist, wrote more than a hundred years ago: "If I were to doze off and re-awake in a hundred years and someone asked me what is happening in Russia, my answer would be unhesitating: people are drinking and stealing".4.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use doze in a sentence?

Someone's bull got a double doze of attention.

What does doze mean?

a light fitful sleep

What part of speech is doze?

doze is commonly used as noun, verb.