Thesaurus / asleep
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Her brother, thinking that she was not asleep, went to the foot of her bed.
VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCESFRANOIS-MARIE AROUET
Floyd is still holding Cecil in his arms, now asleep, but he will not relinquish his precious burden.
FLOYD GRANDON'S HONORAMANDA MINNIE DOUGLAS
He was breathing heavily, as if asleep, and she dared not speak.
THOSE DALE GIRLSFRANK WESTON CARRUTH
Very different from the Texans, whose camp had so easily been invaded, the Mexicans were not asleep, but perfectly awake.
THE FREEBOOTERSGUSTAVE AIMARD
And if the little animal should be surprised while asleep, it can escape in any direction without losing even a moment.
THE ANIMAL WORLD, A BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORYTHEODORE WOOD
She is here, she is asleep in the next room, the poor child!
A HOUSE OF GENTLEFOLKIVAN TURGENEV
The subject seems to be asleep, but there is less muscular relaxation than in the lethargic variety.
INSOMNIA; AND OTHER DISORDERS OF SLEEPHENRY M. LYMAN
I don't know how long I had been asleep, but what made me wake up was the whistle of a locomotive.
ROY BLAKELEY'S CAMP ON WHEELSPERCY KEESE FITZHUGH
The other girls were asleep, as was indicated by their regular breathing.
THE MEADOW-BROOK GIRLS BY THE SEAJANET ALDRIDGE
The broad moon flooded it with light, so that she could see he was not asleep in his chair, as she had supposed.
PRAIRIE FOLKSHAMLIN GARLAND
WORDS RELATED TO ASLEEP
- abeyant
- asleep
- blah
- disengaged
- do-nothing
- dormant
- down
- draggy
- dull
- idle
- immobile
- in holding pattern
- indolent
- inoperative
- jobless
- latent
- lax
- lethargic
- limp
- low-key
- mothballed
- motionless
- on hold
- ossified
- out of action
- out of commission
- out of service
- out of work
- passive
- quiescent
- quiet
- sedentary
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- sluggish
- somnolent
- stable
- static
- still
- torpid
- unemployed
- unoccupied
- unused
- apathetic
- asleep
- dead
- dormant
- down
- dull
- idle
- immobile
- impassive
- impotent
- inactive
- inanimate
- indolent
- languid
- languorous
- lazy
- leaden
- listless
- motionless
- numb
- paralyzed
- passive
- phlegmatic
- powerless
- quiescent
- quiet
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- sluggard
- sluggish
- slumberous
- static
- still
- stolid
- torpid
- unmoving
- unreactive
- unresponsive
- all in
- annoyed
- asleep
- beat
- bored
- broken-down
- collapsing
- consumed
- distressed
- dog-tired
- done for
- done in
- drained
- drooping
- droopy
- drowsy
- empty
- enervated
- exasperated
- fagged
- faint
- fatigued
- fed up
- finished
- flagging
- haggard
- irked
- irritated
- jaded
- narcoleptic
- overtaxed
- overworked
- petered out
- played out
- pooped
- run-down
- sick of
- sleepy
- spent
- stale
- tuckered out
- wasted
- worn
- worn out
- abeyant
- asleep
- blah
- disengaged
- do-nothing
- dormant
- down
- draggy
- dull
- idle
- immobile
- in holding pattern
- indolent
- inoperative
- jobless
- latent
- lax
- lethargic
- limp
- low-key
- mothballed
- motionless
- on hold
- ossified
- out of action
- out of commission
- out of service
- out of work
- passive
- quiescent
- quiet
- sedentary
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- sluggish
- somnolent
- stable
- static
- still
- torpid
- unemployed
- unoccupied
- unused
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