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

You haven’t had forty winks for about four nights.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram

I’ll take forty winks here until she’s ready.”

From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)