sleepyhead

Example Sentences

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And it’s me you hear when it goes off … come on now, sleepyhead.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Mr. Davis, no sleepyhead, was out fishing with Native Oscar Otis at 5 the following morning.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was about to begin going over the steps of indirect proof when I heard Danny say, “You’re always sleeping! What a sleepyhead you are!” and I opened my eyes.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

We hadn’t expected to see Reddy Schreiner at such an early hour, for he was always a sleepyhead, and no alarm clock would ever wake him.

From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)

Yes, let men call it vulgar, if they will, The trade that thrives while sleeps the sleepyhead; Yes, knavery, not bravery, call it still, To overreach confiding folk a-bed.

From The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika by Ryder, Arthur William