forty winks

Example Sentences

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We probably all know about counting sheep, or letting sleeping dogs lie, but the facts about forty winks in the animal kingdom are still subject to debate.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2014

Then I managed to get forty winks or so of sleep around sunrise.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

Now he was going to catch forty winks.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth

I’ll take forty winks here until she’s ready.”

From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

It's no good your blinking like an owl and pretending you weren't taking forty winks.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah