Examples of shut-eye in a Sentence
I can usually get some extra shut-eye on the weekends
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But sometimes a long layover calls for a little shut-eye.
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Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
Use room-darkening shades and blackout curtains to prevent light from seeping in to interrupt your shut-eye.
—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2026
Quarterback of the moment Fernando Mendoza isn’t exactly getting eight hours of shut-eye lately.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
As the wealthy increasingly treat sleep as something to master, shut-eye data has become their new stock ticker.
—Andrew Zucker, Air Mail, 3 Jan. 2026
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Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
Use room-darkening shades and blackout curtains to prevent light from seeping in to interrupt your shut-eye.
—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2026
Quarterback of the moment Fernando Mendoza isn’t exactly getting eight hours of shut-eye lately.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
As the wealthy increasingly treat sleep as something to master, shut-eye data has become their new stock ticker.
—Andrew Zucker, Air Mail, 3 Jan. 2026
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“Shut-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shut-eye. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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