sleep lightly

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Many people, however, sleep lightly because of “hypervigilance,” says Rafael Pelayo, clinical professor at Stanford University’s division of sleep medicine and author of “How to Sleep: The New Science-Based Solutions for Sleeping Through the Night.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2022

For instance, I really do sleep terribly: I sleep lightly, I wake up a lot, and I rarely get a full cycle of REM sleep.

From The Verge • Nov. 11, 2014

But many fault their governments for not protecting or preparing them better for the epidemic, and the grudges that animated past civil wars and coups sleep lightly.

From Economist • Oct. 16, 2014

Even after I climbed in bed I’d sleep lightly enough to hear my father’s keys jingling at the door around midnight, and I’d go warm up his food.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

But if you imagine I'm out of the hunt Every time I take breath, you are vastly mistaken: I know you're a brick, and like language that's blunt; Well, Lions sleep lightly, and readily waken!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890 by Various