sleep on
Example Sentences
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But she said music being performed on Thursdays would disrupt residents' sleep on a working night.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Many companies “have been kind of lulled to sleep on the tariff front for the last 5 months,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"Now we need to understand the health effects of improving sleep in those who fail to get adequate sleep on a regular basis."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
On the water, teenagers jostle for control of an inflatable mattress -- the kind taken down sleep on in underground metro stations during Russia's nightly barrages.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
And frankly, having grown accustomed to the silky cradle over at the hotel, I’d found it hard to sleep on plain old cotton sheets again.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
