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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

He lay swaddled in a blue furry blanket and asleep, while his mother recovered nearby.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“Wake up! You’re a heck of a watchdog. You laid there sound asleep, and let someone steal my britches. Wake up now, and help me find them before someone sees me like this.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls