SLEEP in a Sentence
Learn SLEEP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
343 example sentences for SLEEP, such as:
1. I usually sleep on my back.
2. And then she had gone to sleep.
3. I'm so tired I could sleep for a week.
4. She lay in bed, too feverish to sleep.
5. The brain cells are inactive during sleep.
2. And then she had gone to sleep.
3. I'm so tired I could sleep for a week.
4. She lay in bed, too feverish to sleep.
5. The brain cells are inactive during sleep.
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Meanings and Examples of SLEEP
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sleep
n. a period of time spent sleeping
n. a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 A mournful peace hung on the fields, as though they felt the relaxing grasp of the cold and stretched themselves in their long winter sleep.
2 She looked up at him languidly, as though her lids were weighted with sleep and it cost her an effort to raise them.
3 and she'll sleep in my bed, where I used to lay nights and listen to hear you come up the stairs.
4 He wanted to get the feeling of it into his hand, so that it would sleep there like a seed in winter.
5 She liked this position, for she seldom failed to go to sleep during prayers and, in this postures it escaped her mother's notice.
6 Melanie and Pittypat had gone to sleep hours before, but Scarlett lay awake in the warm darkness, her heart heavy and frightened in her breast.
7 I have enough to eat and occasionally a bed to sleep in.
8 They had come without food or sleep, without their horses, ambulances or supply trains and, without waiting for the rest, they had leaped from the trains and into the battle.
9 The Confederates marched in their sleep, too tired to think for the most part.
10 Men lay down to sleep where they could see the rails gleaming faintly in the starlight.
11 And then she had gone to sleep.
12 She heard sounds of moving feet upstairs and thought "May the Lord damn Prissy," before her eyes closed and something like sleep descended upon her.
13 She had said: "There isn't any," and gone to sleep before the words were out of her mouth.
14 Yes, put you to bed," she added lightly, "and give you another drink--maybe all the dipper and make you go to sleep.
15 You need sleep and Katie Scarlett is here, so you need not worry about anything.
Example Sentence: (133 in 9 pages)
1 One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.
2 You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.
3 The motion of the car almost lulled her to sleep.
4 My efforts to go back to sleep proved futile.
5 The cat curled into a ball and went to sleep.
6 When you've got a difficult day ahead, getting a good night's sleep is often half the battle.
7 She lay in bed, too feverish to sleep.
8 I couldn't sleep because the bed was so uncomfortable.
9 I usually sleep on my back.
10 His voice tailed off as he drifted into sleep.
11 Walk groundly; talk profoundly; drink roundly; sleep soundly.
12 I'm so tired I could sleep for a week.
13 Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
14 I hadn't had enough sleep and was feeling a bit grumpy.
15 The brain cells are inactive during sleep.