How to Use doze in a Sentence

doze

verb
  • The risks of sleep loss are far greater than dozing off in math class.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Some sit and watch, others read and eat, and a few even doze off.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 4 June 2019
  • For bats of at least one species, the sound of traffic is easy to doze through.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2014
  • On some of my visits, Marsha dozes most of the time.
    — Marc Silver, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The male passenger remained in the truck with his pet goat and dozed off.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
  • The Fenway fans, dozed by the heat and the length of the game, rose and cheered him on.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • The toothless man nodded, and the fat woman dozed.
    — Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
  • So take a break from dozing in the hammock to check out these must-try things for the summer.
    — Pacific, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 15 June 2017
  • So take a break from dozing in the hammock to check out these must-try bites and sips of the summer.
    — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 June 2017
  • Children lie on their bellies and stare at the dozing brown bodies.
    — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Feel like pushing away from your desk to doze off in a Brazilian rain forest?
    — Eric Scott, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2018
  • Their dog, Ginger, a Tibetan spaniel, dozed by the back door.
    — Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Sometimes Raffi dozes off after his milk, or just takes a while to drink it.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • There’s a private beach and an outdoor pool that’s an ideal spot for dozing.
    — Chris Leadbeater, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Each villa also comes with a retractable roof, so kids can doze off beneath the stars.
    — Kris Fordham, CNN, 13 June 2021
  • Rather, the protagonist dozes right through it.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, on many nights I could be found dozing in the chair with her tiny body curled onto my chest.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There was a man with a trash bag filled with cans, and another man dozing next to a pizza box.
    — Written By Annie Correal; Photographs By Benjamin Norman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The couple dozed like babies in the leaves—that cry, that wail, had become their sleep trigger.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • People are dozing in chairs and a few people have fallen asleep on blankets.
    — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 29 June 2023
  • For him, dozing off on a warm lap sounds like the perfect way to spend a summer afternoon.
    — idahostatesman, 27 June 2017
  • Most of them are bingeing on movies or reading books, but one of them is dozing within minutes.
    — Angus Whitley, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2019
  • This is why Hitler rose to power, because the people were dozing.
    — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2017
  • He was caught dozing off on the bench by TV cameras late in the fourth quarter.
    — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Then the researchers put the platform back, allowing the fur seals to doze out of the water again.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 7 June 2018
  • Jaylen, who like her Papi is not a morning person, is dozing off in the back seat.
    — Kent Babb, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Victor Nicholas ended up dozing with his head on her shoulder.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • At one school, another small boy lay curled up in a doorway, dozing next to a pile of still-warm ashes.
    — Cara Anna, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
  • Some of these pods can even switch up environments, changing sounds and scenery to try and help workers doze off.
    — Eric Scott, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2018
  • As temperatures rise with the sun, the big cats can usually be found dozing in the shade.
    — National Geographic, 18 July 2019

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