forty winks

Example Sentences

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Dad having forty winks on the sofa after lunch on Christmas Day.

From The Guardian

It ranks airports by qualities such as discomfort, poor service, bad food, cumbersome immigration procedures and how hard it is to grab forty winks while waiting for a connection.

From Economist

That should make it easier to fall asleep after scanning headlines before you get your forty winks.

From Time

Researchers say taking forty winks in the middle of the day could reduce blood pressure and stave off heart attacks.

From BBC

Beauty sleep seekers rejoice; there are plenty of places at which to steal forty winks.

From Reuters