sleeping

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During the winter, temperatures dropped to -25C, so old, worn-out sleepings bags were of little use when they slept on the frozen ground or a cold concrete floor.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

“Gurgi hastens to obey, mighty lord. He will say no more, not even whisperings of what he saw. No, he will not disturb the sleepings of powerful heroes. See how he leaves, with tearful farewells.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

We shall start for Copenhagen to-morrow night viâ Malmo, and must send in the morning to engage our sleepings.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

Patenôtre and his secretary have come to say good-bye, and to say that all the orders are given for this evening, and we shall have our sleepings.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

"Eatings, drinkings, wakings, sleepings, walkings, talkings, sayings, doings—all were for the good of the public; there was not such a things as a secret in the town."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold