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sleeping

[slee-ping] / ˈsli pɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
asleep
Synonyms
Antonyms


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A world premiere by Gregory Spears casts a veil of dream-like haunting over the story of Sleeping Beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Away from the camera, Muldoon - who had a band called The Sleeping Masses - also worked behind the scenes, producing films such as The Tribes of Palos Verdes, Arkansas and Marlowe.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

"They hit hard last night. All you can see in our house are cracks in the walls. Sleeping has become the hardest thing for me."

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Fans could previously wed at courtyards and ballrooms at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, at the Disneyland Hotel ballroom, in the Fantasyland Faire Garden and at Sleeping Beauty’s Castle Forecourt.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

“Slinking around the house with his tail real low. Sleeping a lot.”

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass




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