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sleep
noun as in suspension of consciousness
verb as in suspend consciousness
Strong matches
bunk, catnap, crash, dream, drowse, flop, hibernate, nap, nod, oversleep, repose, rest, retire, slumber, snore, yawn
Weak matches
catch a wink, catch forty winks, conk out, cop some z's, drop off, fall out, hit the hay, hit the sack, nod off, sack out, saw wood, take a nap, turn in, zonk out, zzz
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Example Sentences
Lee would stay up late, unable to sleep from the pains he had in his back.
On some Sundays he came to church with only two hours of sleep.
Zubaydah and two other detainees were subsequently waterboarded, and subjected to other methods including sleep deprivation.
Detainees there were subject to sleep deprivation, shackled to bars with their hands above their heads.
He was slapped, grabbed in the face, placed in stress positions, placed in standing sleep deprivation, and doused with water.
At last Aristide fed him desperately, dandled him eventually to sleep, and returned to an excited pillow.
Punch scratched himself in his sleep, and Judy moaned a little.
Until we work up some weeks' reserve of water, food and cartridges, I shan't sleep sound.
The white light of the moon had fallen upon the world like the mystery and the softness of sleep.
So how do you suppose Yung Pak's mother used to put him to sleep in this land where cradles were unknown?
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On this page you'll find 108 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sleep, such as: coma, dream, hibernation, slumber, trance, and bedtime.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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