asleep
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A person may still fall asleep at a normal time and remain asleep for what appears to be a full night, yet the quality of that rest may still be altered.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
On Jan. 29, 2013, the couple were fast asleep around 1:50 a.m.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Like Harvey, Williams was asleep when she was awakened by a phone call from her husband, who was out of town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Last week, my Oura ring mistakenly logged a two-hour binge-watching session as time asleep because I was lying motionless in bed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
They danced and chirped around me and the spinning wheel for a minute and then nestled in the coils of gold and fell asleep.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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