asleep

Example Sentences

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And then I’ll get into that, and then I’ll watch a lot more episodes while she’s asleep.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

They compared those patterns against data from patients who were awake, asleep or in a coma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

"We were asleep when we saw the water rushing in," Mohammed Khodr al-Hussein, 27, said.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

He said that, as it had been a Sunday morning, his family had been asleep when the blast occurred, shattering all his windows.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Once, he’d been facing me when he fell asleep.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows