How to Use doze off in a Sentence

doze off

verb
  • Jackie did great and is now dozing off while keeping her 2 eggs nice and cozy.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Undisturbed by this commotion were a few men dozing off in armchairs.
    — Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Entire cities must have dozed off during English Lit.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The president was met with boos during the game and later mocked when he was caught dozing off in his box seat.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • Grab your favorite pillow and find somewhere comfortable to doze off.
    — Hunter Boyce, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Issa added, producing a photo of Nadya dozing off on a flight.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • In the video, Honey can be seen gradually dozing off, before falling asleep.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • This year, Tankersley spent the frigid night alone, dozing off briefly while the rest of her family snoozed in nearby vehicles.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • At the White House, the unwell billionaire rambles, spews insults at those who refuse to kowtow and dozes off in meetings.
    — Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The rapper appeared to doze off during questioning about home renovations.
    — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Taking a warm shower, reading a chapter of your book, or meditating can help calm your nervous system and increase your chances of dozing off.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Gray took a seat near the front and dozed off almost immediately, despite the short, bumpy ride up the hill to the UC pharmacy.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Afternoons can be spent exploring Salina, drinking tea by the hotel’s curved pool, or dozing off on one of the siesta beds placed around the gardens.
    — Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Other students were dozing off during the morning chapel service or looking mindlessly in the distance, as young adolescents do.
    — Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The outlet reported that Lyonne — who seemed to be dozing off — did not respond when flight attendants asked her to close her laptop and fasten her seat belt for takeoff.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • On Wednesday night, Heckart dozed off intermittently in a folding chair outside her minivan while her children slept inside it.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • Save for the playlist that had firmly moved from gangsta rap to smooth R&B, the last 20 minutes of our ride was mostly silent, with several of us dozing off.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Along with her memorable testimony, the Grammy-winning artist was also caught on camera dozing off as the trial was underway.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Afterwards, Mero slips on a puffer coat and the sort of shiesty Max B has been rocking and sinks into one of the cozy couches in the studio, dozing off a little.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The California Highway Patrol said a driver who dozed off and crashed into a big rig walked away with no injuries on Wednesday morning.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • As the lesson droned on, the huge, inevitable poster on the classroom wall gave the students something arcane to look at and study as an alternative to dozing off and getting a tongue-lashing and possibly a piece of chalk tossed at your head.
    — David Szondy august 27, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Focus on maintaining a consistent sleep schedule (like waking up and dozing off around the same times each day), practicing good sleep hygiene (like setting a cutoff time for scrolling on your phone), and ideally getting seven to nine hours of sleep a night.
    — Beth Krietsch, SELF, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Along with failing to follow instructions, Lyonne reportedly appeared to be dozing off behind her sunglasses after boarding, according to Page Six.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • No reason is given, but video emerged from a prior interview on SiriusXM that showed Ortiz-Magro, 40, appearing to doze off mid-interview.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • Page Six reported that after boarding her flight, Lyonne allegedly failed to follow multiple instructions from the crew to close her laptop and fasten her seatbelt before takeoff, and appeared to be dozing off behind her sunglasses.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Lying Down After Eating Can Trigger Heartburn Eating a meal, then lying down to relax or doze off, may seem harmless, but doing so can contribute to reflux or heartburn symptoms.
    — Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 1 May 2026
  • Trump has seemed to doze off multiple times while guests talk during announcements in the Oval Office and as secretaries speak at Cabinet meetings, which often turn into hours-long affairs as top administration officials lavish praise on the president.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Never risk an overweight suitcase by keeping an under-$20 luggage scale on you at all times, and doze off in the air with ease with the $15 Pursonic Memory Foam Travel Pillow and Sleep Mask.
    — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Why Your Partner Keeps Falling Asleep On You While the link might not seem immediately clear, the 2022 study’s findings lend some support to the idea that a partner who truly loves you is more likely to doze off in your presence.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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