fall asleep

phrase

: to begin sleeping

She fell asleep during the movie.

I woke up and I couldn't fall back asleep.

Examples of fall asleep in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And social media is inundated with questions about the 80-year-old president's health and vitality, spurred by pictures of his bruised hands or video clips of him appearing to fall asleep in meetings. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

And social media is inundated with questions about the 80-year-old president’s health and vitality, spurred by pictures of his bruised hands or video clips of him appearing to fall asleep in meetings. — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

In a 2022 One Earth study of more than 47,000 people across 68 countries, researcher Kelton Minor and colleagues found that warmer nighttime temperatures shorten sleep, mostly by delaying when people fall asleep. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026

Few experiences are more frustrating than lying awake at night while desperately wanting to fall asleep. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for fall asleep

• beep
• cheap
• creep
• deep
• heap
• jeep
• keep
• leap
• peep
• reap
• seep
• sheep