sleeping

Example Sentences

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“You feel like hell all the time. Dead on your feet, not sleeping well, just an awful feeling,” he said in a 2021 interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Calls to regulate the sector are being backed by medical professionals, researchers and families whose babies died under the care of individuals who placed them in unsafe sleeping positions.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Then, around 2 a.m., when he was sleeping, Rhys said he felt something touch his shoulder and awoke to a “freezing” room.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

It's all the fun of camping - sleeping under the stars, waking up to beautiful views and toasting marshmallows round an open fire - but with creature comforts.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

While he was sleeping, she’d left the new things in his shelter.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver