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Once they finished their meals, they dispersed into small groups to resume their routines or to take naps.

Transient changes in basal cortisol concentrations related to daytime naps, car trips, and separation in older infants.

The verbs for these items were : bark, comb, count, climb, cry, drink, drive, eat, hide, laugh, read, ride, run, swim, take (a nap), and yell.

Presumably the shepherd is having an after-lunch nap while his dog keeps watch on the flock.

She settled on my chest in a comfortable position, as she would have done had she been napping on my son.

It is possible indeed that age effects would completely disappear if nap sleep were estimated more accurately.

Infants and toddlers have different daily schedules, but all children share a 6:30 am wake-up, a 1 - 3 pm afternoon nap, and an 8 pm bedtime.

I hypothesize that already in young infants sleep tendency increases in the course of the day despite intermittent decreases of sleep pressure as a result of daytime naps.

Having unpacked, we both collapsed onto our narrow iron bedsteads for a brief nap and a serious planning session of our culture and entertainment for the week.

The dried teazle head brings up the nap on high quality cloth, the demand for which is growing because of the current snooker boom.

So we are tough as nails with smokers, but are caught napping when it comes to hard drugs.

Lawyers are anxious they should not be caught napping in declaring the title absolute.

I admit that we have been caught napping.

One of the difficulties now is that, even though the fishermen are ready to find them, they catch the fishermen napping.

He worked in the office of a dairy firm and once took a nap during his lunch break.