sleeping partner

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He tried to call my sleeping partner, who didn't answer, so he then called the Ossining police.

From Salon • May 27, 2023

Still, snoring itself is not a disorder, no matter what your sleeping partner might say.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

Every night around 2 a.m., my sleeping partner wakes me up because she’s thirsty and needs a bathroom break.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

It's almost always the sleeping partner who nudges a snorer to see Tagge in the first place.

From US News • Jun. 16, 2015

"Miss Clifford, for a merchant's daughter, and the sleeping partner in a great mercantile house, you appear to nourish very disrespectful ideas of accounts and the office desk," said he, with revolting indifference.

From Partners A Novel. by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)