"Inevitably. To-morrow, perhaps. The flesh has had a good, long, prosperous day, and the hour of the spirit must be near striking. And the moral awakening will be followed by a moral slumber, since, in the uncomprehended scheme of things, slumber seems necessary; and you needn't pull so long a face, Mr. Mayrant, because the slumber will be followed by another moral awakening. The alcoholic society girl you don't like will very probably give birth to a water-drinking daughter--who in her turn may produce a bibulous progeny: how often must I tell you that nothing is final?"英文原著 · 《Lady Baltimore》
He thinks, with his favor and flattery, to make me forget what I have endured. He shall learn that Mohammed Ali never forgives. You are lost, Cousrouf, for you slumber, while I watch and will take advantage of your slumber. Beware, Cousrouf, beware! I will not be your murderer, you shall live, but I will humble you; you shall sink down in the dust before me! Let that be the revenge for Masa, my white dove, and for myself!"英文原著 · 《Mohammed Ali and His House》
where the tempest the dark waters sunder Slumbers the sailor boy, reckless and brave, Warm'd by the lighting and lulled by the thunder, Fann'd by the whirlwind and rock'd on the wave; Wildly the winter wind howls round his pillow, Cold on his bosom the spray showers fall; Creaks the strained mast at the rush of the billow, Peaceful he slumbers, regardless of all.英文原著 · 《The Culprit Fay and Other Poems》
"Let not thine army slumber, and trust not thy foe because he is drawn back. I charge thee keep thine eyes fixed upon the land of Rustem, for if thy vigilance slumber he will surely come forth and destroy thee, for he alone is to be feared of the men of Iran. Therefore be brave and watchful, and may Heaven preserve thee unto my throne."英文原著 · 《The Epic of Kings》
In slumber dewing. That is, bedewing. For the metaphor, cf. Shakespeare, Rich. 84: "the golden dew of sleep;" and J. 230: "the honey-heavy dew of slumber."英文原著 · 《The Lady of the Lake》
As for the deacon, he was still slumbering at my feet--slumbering with his breast, the breast of a prize-fighter, turned uppermost, and his fine, golden shock of hair falling like a nimbus around his head, and hot, fat, flushed red features and gaping mouth and ceaselessly twitching moustache. In passing, I had noticed that his hands were long, and that they were set upon shovel-shaped wrists.英文原著 · 《Through Russia》
Right, but what isn't common is that they hopped into the slumber cabin together.美剧 · 《Billions》
Even though court is closed, justice never slumbers.美剧 · 《Billions》
It all started when a rustling from the kitchen jostled me from tender slumber.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
But now your ex is camped out on our doorstep like I am hosting some kind of Mormon slumber party!美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》