asleep
Example Sentences
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During one of the great New York sports parties of the century, they were fast asleep.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
And then I’ll get into that, and then I’ll watch a lot more episodes while she’s asleep.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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
Father, his arm thrown over his head, is still asleep.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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