sleep a wink
idiom
informal
: to sleep for even a very brief time
—used in negative statements
I didn't/couldn't sleep a wink last night.
Examples of sleep a wink in a Sentence
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And didn't sleep a wink !!
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Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
Some hunters may not sleep a wink on the eve of the season opener.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2022
Didn't sleep a wink, caught in between not believing the news and trying to make sense of what is happening.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2022
Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
Some hunters may not sleep a wink on the eve of the season opener.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2022
Didn't sleep a wink, caught in between not believing the news and trying to make sense of what is happening.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2022
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“Sleep a wink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20a%20wink. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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