forty winks

Example Sentences

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We probably all know about counting sheep, or letting sleeping dogs lie, but the facts about forty winks in the animal kingdom are still subject to debate.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2014

Then I managed to get forty winks or so of sleep around sunrise.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

There was no disregarding that imperative summons, no turning over for another "forty winks."

From Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches by Randall, Homer

From every doorway the crowds hurried forth after dinner, scorning the sacred forty winks.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

Nothing is so likely to start a day of depression than failure to get up promptly, lounging around with forty winks here and there, reading in bed, and the like.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)