At the top, we turned and watched the sea enfold the once sleepy tourist-filled village.

The once sleepy utility area accounted for nearly 9 percent of all merger transactions this year.

The men lived near Naivasha, a once sleepy town going through serious growing pains.

The once sleepy fishing village was granted the status of a town in 1848.

If fully successful, the once sleepy village might be turned into a functioning VC support base.

The dispute has clearly created bitter divisions within the once sleepy association.

He had overseen sweeping changes to this once sleepy town.

But clearly, if recent events are any indicator, talent in the once sleepy industrial sector is premium.

A number of water resorts have now become "places to go" in the once sleepy town.

More than 100 art galleries fan out from the once sleepy downtown.