deep sleep
Example Sentences
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While my polysomnogram showed just 28 minutes of deep sleep, each device said I got over an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
We often think of anesthesia as putting us in a deep sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
REM sleep involves intense dreaming and brain activity that resembles wakefulness, yet people often report that this stage still feels like deep sleep.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
Wearing earplugs largely prevented this reduction in deep sleep.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
Before dawn Mrs. Ortiz awakened me from a deep sleep, hugged me against her pillow-soft chest that had a lavender scent, and whispered, “Don’t forget us!”
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
