He had been fishing with Tetahiti the day before, and a long siesta in the afternoon had left him with no desire to sleep.

I need food and drink and a long siesta before the fighting starts, or I'll yawn when I should parry.

Debate was leisurely as the river slipped by, punctuated by long siestas and the occasional sighting of sloths.

Behave like the locals and have a long siesta.

It would be so easy to just lay down on the floor and take a nice long siesta.

The owl, on the other hand, was for sleeping at mid-day, and lost a great deal of time by his long siestas.

It might, of course, account for the doctor's long siesta this morning and for his confused condition when he answered my knock.

Sunday lunch was typically a cold sandwich and a glass of wine on a side porch, followed by a long siesta.

Then another, stretching as if waking up from a long siesta.

Businesses and small shops generally close around 12.30pm for long siestas and re-open around 3pm.