sleep on
Example Sentences
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We have barely enough furniture to fill half of it; we buy a new mattress without a bed frame and sleep on the floor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 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
“Doing a Roth conversion won’t magically make your plan work, so don’t lose sleep on it.”
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
The day we tried to make him sleep on the floor again, he had explosive diarrhea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
“I should throw you to the nereids. But—just tonight—you can sleep on the deck.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
