sleep on
Example Sentences
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The broadcast airs air live beginning at 5 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+, but don’t sleep on the annual pre-show, “The Tony Awards: Act One,” where the first round of Tonys will be presented.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
That message sang me to sleep on many nights, and that story explains why it’s stayed with me all this time — it is a masterpiece of melodic sorcery and science, as one.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Los Angeles County, which includes the metropolis's suburbs, has an official tally of 72,000 unhoused people, 47,000 of whom sleep on the street.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
He’d managed to sneak a little sleep on the bus.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Galileo died peacefully in his sleep on the night of 8/9 January 1642, a few weeks short of his seventy-eighth birthday.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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