sleeping

Example Sentences

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Families in Tehran are taping up their windows and sleeping together in rooms away from the glass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

People are advised to not leave devices charging unattended or while sleeping and to unplug them once they are fully charged.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

"Christina has been sleeping heads down in the middle of the vehicle, kind of like a bat suspended from our docking tunnel," Wiseman explained, describing their preferred spots for shut-eye.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

His band quickly took control of a federal armory and rifle factory in the sleeping town of Harpers Ferry.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Hadel very deliberately inspected my pile of hay, as if I might have turned it to gold just by sleeping in it.

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