41. But is his reputation for soporific speeches formidable enough to match up one on one with Gore's? 42. We careen from the stupefying to the soporific with the flip of a page, remote, or mouse. 43. In this role he developed the soporific Luminal in 1912, an important drug in the treatment of epilepsy. 44. It is one of the sleep-promoting ( soporific ) components in " Verbena officinalis ". 45. Lugar's sometimes soporific campaign struggled for attention here and his long-shot status apparently cost him votes. 46. That's made at least a temporary virtue of a style so low-key it is sometimes soporific . 47. PBS, the only broadcast network to offer full evenings of the convention this week, was just as soporific . 48. Ten-year-olds, in my experience, have a natural immunity to the soporific effects of beauty. 49. Like the one showing her in a state of soporific bliss on a grand bed withflowery quilts in the garden. 50. Antoine Hamilton, a friend of the rejected de Gramont, wrote that she subjected her lovers to soporific talk.