asleep

Example Sentences

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I nodded back, got a script from my bag and tried to read but promptly fell asleep.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

After he used the bathroom, he saw the complainant's bed in the adjoining bedroom, lay down on the end of it "and fell straight asleep".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The defendant said he awoke and went to the living room where his friend was asleep on the sofa and the complainant was awake sitting in a chair.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The opening setting of the “Sleepers, awake!” text starts out muddy, as though the singers are still half asleep and not quite on their parts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

As soon as Opal fell asleep, the miller snorted awake, rubbed his eyes, and grinned at all the gold.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff