- present participle of sleep.
sleeping
Example Sentences
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But with such footballing royalty back in the big time, where can you find Europe's current sleeping giants?
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Staring back at my bed, I wish I was, in fact, still sleeping.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
Their two children, ages 9 and 11, were also sleeping in the house at the time.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Truckers said they were cooking meals inside their cabs, sleeping where they unhooked their trailers to avoid overnight parking fees and waiting for rainstorms to clean their rigs rather than paying $100 for a wash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Aunt Melissa was kind enough to donate her basement furniture, so Dad will be sleeping on the sofa-bed in the second bedroom.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
