beauty sleep

NOUN

deep restful sleep

Synonyms

WEAK

extra sleep forty winks full night's sleep nap rest siesta sleep before midnight snooze

Example Sentences

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But, she said she had to step down "to catch up on a much needed decade's deficit of beauty sleep".

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022

"Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly," she said in 2011.

From Fox News • Dec. 12, 2021

This year, Cinderella stayed home to get some beauty sleep.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2019

Being more diligent about getting my beauty sleep.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2015

Maybe a few pretties were actually getting their beauty sleep.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld