asleep

Example Sentences

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Bell: I catch usually about 10 minutes of whatever my wife has fallen asleep to.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

She described McClain as the first to admit being wrong, always helpful with the cooking and asleep before his head touched the pillow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 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

And those that were not asleep were sitting there on straw-filled sacks looking up at me blankly as I passed by.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo