to sleep
idiom
: until one/someone falls asleep
The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.
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Late that night, Brian Friend was at his hotel room, unable to sleep.
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Calum Marsh, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
After all, who can blame students (especially the older ones) for wanting to sleep late, play more video games and check in a few times a week to pick up their missing assignments.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Instead, Juventus passed, passed and passed their fans to sleep.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 9 June 2025
From the poster’s standpoint, the pressure to sleep together nightly is a cultural expectation that doesn’t work for everyone and shouldn’t be treated as a universal rule.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025
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Calum Marsh, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
After all, who can blame students (especially the older ones) for wanting to sleep late, play more video games and check in a few times a week to pick up their missing assignments.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Instead, Juventus passed, passed and passed their fans to sleep.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 9 June 2025
From the poster’s standpoint, the pressure to sleep together nightly is a cultural expectation that doesn’t work for everyone and shouldn’t be treated as a universal rule.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for to sleep
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“To sleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20sleep. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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