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Sleepy Pronunciation

Pronounce Sleepy as S L EH EH P Y.

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    Sleepy phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'sleepy'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of sleepy: /slɛɛpj/
    • Modern IPA representation of sleepy: /slɛɛpʌ/

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    List of meaning for sleepy

    sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded(adj)

    ready to fall asleep

    "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students"

    desiring or needing sleep

    the sleepy children were carried up to bed

    slow to move or act

    a sleepy little town on the coast

    tending to cause sleep

    the sleepy drone of his voice made staying awake a challenge

    lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation

    a sleepy party that was mostly attended by the same boring people I work with

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    sleepy in sentence

    1. The sleepy security guard did not see the mental patients lurch out of the hospital.

    2. The girl is visibly sleepy and keeps yawning while she tries to stay up.

    3. Preparing for a quick siesta, the sleepy man rubbed his eyes and reclined his chair.

    4. Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a tale of witchcraft, romance, and a headless horseman on a quest for revenge.

    5. All of the noise made by the outdoor construction woke the sleepy man every time he began to doze.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term sleepy

    Recently, someone shared with me that their boyfriend avoids gluten because it makes him feel quite sleepy after a lot of pasta. Unfortunately, that's a good example of a leap to a conclusion that may not be the true problem, too many carbohydrates at one time, whether they contain gluten or not, can sometimes make people feel sleepy or have cravings for sweets due to either an elevated insulin or blood sugar level.

    – Julie Stefanski

    All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

    – Rebecca West

    Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.

    – Unknown

    What class' B' or' C' mall doesn't have a wing that's either dark or a little sleepy ?

    – Todd Caruso

    The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be null.

    – Walter Bagehot

    I would rather be ashes than dust I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

    – Jack London

    Deng designated Shenzhen as a special economic zone and made that sleepy fishing village to a manufacturing hub of the world, kim will be eager for those, especially as he will want minimal changes to other parts of the economy.

    – Jeon Kyong-man

    The Infant Cries Translator can differentiate four different statuses of sounds of baby crying, including hunger, the diaper getting wet, sleepy and pain, so far, according to the feedback from users, the accuracy of the app we've tested can reach 92 percent for babies under two weeks old. As for the babies under one or two months, the accuracy of the app can also reach up to 84 or 85 percent. Even for the four month old baby, the accuracy can reach 77 percent.

    – Chang Chuan-yu

    He whose in-laws are happy with him is sleepy for not even knowing as how his wife controls his life.

    – Anuj Somany

    The village of Market Blandings is one of those sleepy hamlets which modern progress has failed to touch... The church is Norman, and the intelligence of the majority of the natives palaeozoic.

    – P. G. Wodehouse

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