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

And now, if you’ll excuse me, Miss Commerell, I’ll go and take my usual forty winks, if those ‘kinders’ will let me.”

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram

“I think forty winks for me, also,” the Professor presently remarked, feeling himself to be de trop.

From Burning Sands by Weigal, Arthur