asleep
Example Sentences
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After receiving her diagnosis, she embarked on the Crash world tour, where the singer describes struggling to stay focused and falling asleep mid-conversation while adjusting to her new medications.
From Los Angeles Times
Nancy's team may be making a mess of it on the pitch but what about the ones above him who, fans might say, have fallen asleep at the wheel?
From BBC
“Now your island”—or “farm” or “forest”—“is asleep. Now you can sleep too and think about what you will do there tomorrow.”
“Forensic Files” creator Paul Dowling recruited Thomas after Dowling fell asleep on a couch and woke up to the sound of his voice on a World War II documentary.
The Tymofeyevs were asleep at home in Chelyabinsk when the driver called in shock at discovering drones.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
