slumber

Parts of him that had long slumbered were waking up.

If there is indeed a slumbering mass of Americans who believe in real “we the people” democracy, they need to wake up. immediately.

Or, in this case, awaken from a phantasmic slumber in a bedroom upstairs to the sound of a car pulling into the driveway outside.

For example, lower levels of sleep apnoea – when breathing stops and starts while slumbering – is thought to be down to losing weight around the tongue and throat, which can block the airways.

My body became electrified, as if I were waking up from a long slumber.