fall asleep

Example Sentences

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According to The New York Times, Hellerstein was seen falling asleep during a trial last year and needed to be roused by his colleagues.

From Barron's

We never fell asleep until he had arranged the blankets in his special way and laid his hand for a moment on each head.

From Literature

He mimed falling asleep at the question and said he hadn’t heard about it.

From Salon

He added: "Just the fact that I found it so normal, in a sad way, that it was okay to just put my head on the pillow and fall asleep."

From BBC

I finally fell asleep at 5:30 a.m. after considering going to the hospital at least twice for insomnia and heart palpitations.

From The Wall Street Journal