sleep around

Example Sentences

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If our daughter has gone to sleep around 8, this will usually be maybe 9, 9:30 depending on if I’ve fallen asleep in the bed next door.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Males are known to ramp up their physical activity during their mating season, but how their sleep quality changed — antechinuses typically sleep around 15 hours a day — remained elusive.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

On March 23, 2015, the pair was awakened from sleep around 3 in the morning by a bright white light, three laser dots and a group of intruders wearing wetsuits.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

Bellizzi was about to catch some sleep around 7 a.m. when another call came in about a small gas spill.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

“Can’t get a lick of sleep around here,” their father groused as they all trooped back into the house.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper