sleeping

Example Sentences

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In September 2025, the charity worked with 176 people sleeping rough - it said this was the highest number of people it has ever recorded in one month.

From BBC

At another settlement, the U.N. refugee agency has run out of blankets, tarpaulins and sleeping mats, forcing refugees to sleep in the open.

From The Wall Street Journal

She said the family was "numb and heartbroken" while Jacob, who has two brothers Joseph, aged two and Joel aged 12, is sleeping a lot.

From BBC

A prisoner released on Thursday told AFP that he had been one of three in a cell, "two on bunk beds and one sleeping on the floor".

From Barron's

She got a place to study at Cambridge University but, struggling to cope with a lack of support, she dropped out and found herself sleeping rough and going between squats.

From BBC