with both eyes closed
Example Sentences
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“I can go to sleep with both eyes closed, you don’t have to keep one eye open.”
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2023
Boz, if he wanted, could write a column with both eyes closed and his brain on autopilot.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
Ducks on the outside of a group will sleep with one eye open, watching for predators, while those in the middle sleep with both eyes closed.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2016
It's a poor watch-dog who sleeps with both eyes closed.
From Bowser the Hound by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
I came with an eye partly open for my people, who sit in darkness; I go back with both eyes closed.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
