How do you use the word "doze" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "doze": I took a doze after coming home. I'll try not to doze off.

Doze Meaning

/doʊz/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

verbTo make dull; to stupefy.

Sentence Examples

I took a doze after coming home.

I'll try not to doze off.

Tom and Mary often doze off in French class.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

snooze

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

He managed to ____ for only a few minutes before the alarm woke him.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I took a ____ after coming home.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him." — 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:

"She dozes, too. Lies there for a minute or two, all these thoughts going through her head." — 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 357:

"I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work." — 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666:

"Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it." — 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:

"At the mention of money Mrs Dibble was overcome with great debility, and wheezed, "I don't feel up to talking about money, matters just now, dearie. I think I better have a bit of a doze."" — 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43:

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