asleep

Example Sentences

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My daughter would go to bed before us, and would be asleep before we officially go to sleep.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

They compared those patterns against data from patients who were awake, asleep or in a coma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

"We were asleep when we saw the water rushing in," Mohammed Khodr al-Hussein, 27, said.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

"He came in at night when I was asleep," she says.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

I had nearly forgotten our agreement, but Opal had been waiting all this time for the miller to fall asleep so she could ask.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff