sleeping around

Example Sentences

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Eyewitnesses told the BBC that devotees had been sleeping around the barricades of the Sangam nose - the point of confluence of the rivers - when the crowd surged towards them, leading to the crush.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

I found that the rhythmic side-to-side movement of the train, paired with the engine’s noise, made for some of the best sleeping around, including a midday nap.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

The standard travel pillow, she says, “preys on our fear that everyone else is sleeping around you, and you won’t be able to sleep,” she says.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2019

His family lived nomadically, sleeping around a hearth and growing melons in the forest's sandy ground.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2019

Suddenly a leopard bounded into the centre, where the Arabs were sleeping around the embers of a splendid fire, and seizing one of the dogs, it sprang into the darkness, carrying its captive with it.

From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir