Slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Were wrapt in slumbrous rest, the Muse awoke me. From Wordnik.com. [The Lake of Geneva] Reference
Ah, heed not her songs in the still slumbrous air —. From Wordnik.com. [Lilith The Legend of the First Woman] Reference
The wood, too, was full of a slumbrous murmur that I did not understand. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
Blue Duck opened his slumbrous eyes a fraction wider and looked at Call. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
The heat of the slumbrous afternoon was oppressive; all animation seemed suspended. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
Three or four messengers squatted beside the wall, with slumbrous heads between their knees. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
"You've already turned into my mother," the countess said, with a challenging, slumbrous look. From Wordnik.com. [A Case Of Conscience]
As the hours advanced, a sultry and slumbrous silence filled the air, which quivered with the heat. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
And after that, I made ready, and went to my sleep, having sweet thoughts and slumbrous, of the Maid. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Land] Reference
Reluctantly she lifted her lips from his throat, her eyes slumbrous, her expression soft with love and need. From Wordnik.com. [A Cure For Love]
She was the deep, slumbrous lodestone which set all his bones glittering with the energy of relentless pride. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
The same lassitude he felt within himself was reflected in her slumbrous eyes, shining with love's completion. From Wordnik.com. [A Kiss Remembered]
He found old churches, great and cold, whose service moved with slumbrous calm, and his ardent soul was chilled. From Wordnik.com. [The First Soprano] Reference
Silvestro looked about for help: they were out of sight of the others, and there lay Padua, slumbrous in the plain. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Moriz hesitated; but he could not withstand the eager pleading in the slumbrous eyes, the intense pathos in the sweet voice. From Wordnik.com. [Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express] Reference
Light footsteps crunch the gravel, and a slim, dark woman approaches with slumbrous eyes, which look at the visitor dreamily. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Like the slumbrous image of some mighty unrelenting. From Wordnik.com. [Fraternity] Reference
Stirs slumbrous queens whose sceptres were upraised. From Wordnik.com. [Ships in Harbour] Reference
Brushing cool on the forehead, croon slumbrous things. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke] Reference
McKinstry regarded him with dull, red, slumbrous eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Cressy] Reference
The song of a nightingale sent thro 'a slumbrous valley. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
What a world of ferocity in those black, slumbrous eyes!. From Wordnik.com. [Ziska] Reference
The slumbrous fire in the woman's eyes flamed up for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [The Colonel's Dream] Reference
Obedient to the slumbrous mandate, Lad turned and pattered mournfully away. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference
She lifted her dark-blue slumbrous eyes, and met his keen scrutinizing look. From Wordnik.com. [Temporal Power] Reference
Some one was coming along the slumbrous Main street; and coming with nervous haste. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play] Reference
She did not rise, but she extended her hand, a grave inquiry in her slumbrous eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Lure of the Mask] Reference
Beatrice did not say yes, but she let her breath out carefully in a slumbrous sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Her Prairie Knight] Reference
Lad was not even consoled by the knowledge that he was guarding the slumbrous house. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference
Lysia looked at him steadfastly, an under-gleam of malice shining in her slumbrous eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Ardath] Reference
A great nearness, fiercer and more slumbrous than any nearness of body takes their place. From Wordnik.com. [Young People's Pride] Reference
O, slumbrous, starry eyes that seemed to hold the memory of a thousand love - thoughts!. From Wordnik.com. [Ardath] Reference
Of the two slumbrous collies, one was slenderly graceful of outline; gold-and-white of hue. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference
They were Oriental, slumbrous, meditative, and the black pupils were of an exaggerated size. From Wordnik.com. [The Net] Reference
But the heavy lashes hung low in the slumbrous, dreamy way that sees all and reveals nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Lords of the North] Reference
Every movement showed a massive, slumbrous strength, and a stupidity which held them in subjection. From Wordnik.com. [England, My England] Reference
"You could be my guardian angel, Alma," said the young man, making his eyes more and more slumbrous and dreamy. From Wordnik.com. [A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete] Reference
In the bottom of his heart he knew that that tawny, slumbrous yet passionate Sicilian girl was his first and his most sacred love. From Wordnik.com. [The Net] Reference
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