- present participle of sleep.
sleeping
Example Sentences
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Then, Clancy supposedly began having problems sleeping and sent a text message that she was "really sick".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
He said he later got into silk trading, often sleeping in communal beds with other people as he traveled from town to town buying and selling fabric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He also recalled spending roughly 90 minutes aboard Air Force One worried that another passenger sleeping on a couch might actually be dead.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
With a sleeping bag in hand, he said he has "just been trying to get some sleep and watching Netflix now".
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
And later, when they felt I’d had enough—late the next day while I was still in the sleeping bag—Cookie stood and shook the snow off.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
