sleeping partner

Example Sentences

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He tried to call my sleeping partner, who didn't answer, so he then called the Ossining police.

From Salon • May 27, 2023

Still, snoring itself is not a disorder, no matter what your sleeping partner might say.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

Every night around 2 a.m., my sleeping partner wakes me up because she’s thirsty and needs a bathroom break.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

It's almost always the sleeping partner who nudges a snorer to see Tagge in the first place.

From US News • Jun. 16, 2015

I intrusted the entire business to the prudence and experience of Thomas Galloway, and became merely a sleeping partner in the firm.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various