sleep in

Examples of sleep in in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web Prior to the murder in 1993, James Jordan was sleeping in his red Lexus along a North Carolina highway when he was shot. Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024 Today, most people can find no shelter and sleep in the streets. Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024 With this individualized experience, smart alarm clocks are able to offer assistance to users looking to regulate their sleep in a way that improves sleep schedule and makes for healthier sleep habits. Mason Leib, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024 The Only Murders in the Building star, 32, opened up about how a dark period in her life led her to feel uncomfortable sleeping in her own bed during Wondermind’s Mental Fitness Summit on Thursday, Oct. 10. Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sleep in 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
  • His family belonged to The Hartford Golf Club, and his father, a successful lawyer, drove a Jaguar convertible, in which Heff was sometimes dropped off or picked up.
    Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Spring Back Colorado also charges $40 for each mattress and box spring that a consumer drops off.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Trump has fallen asleep on the public stage before, appearing to nod off multiple times during his hush money trial earlier this year.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The feature story paints a depressing and chaotic image of the neighborhood: on a rainy day beneath an underpass on Kensington Avenue, drug users trying to stay dry were injecting in public, nodding off on sidewalks glistening from the rain.
    Ryan Hampton, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • While the teenager had overslept, their school had gone into lockdown.
    Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Research has also shown that SAD can severely affect sleep, including a tendency to oversleep or sleep fewer hours a night, and this could affect one’s quality of life.
    Sophie Okolo, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023

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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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