slept in; sleeping in; sleeps in
1
: to sleep where one is employed
2
a
b
: to sleep late intentionally
Examples of sleep-in in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Eisa Nefertari Ulen, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
In the meantime, people sleep in trucks, against horse stalls and under tarps.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
Athletes harped on their need for consistency in their workouts, diets and sleep in the run-up to the Games.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
My mother sometimes stays over and sleeps in his office, which doubles as a guest room.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Our first full night of restful sleep in five days.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 16 Apr. 2024
In recent years, though, federal lawsuits have given judges an opening to weigh in on the laws related to punishing people for sleeping in public spaces.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Her mother was sleeping in the couple’s bedroom next door, holding Tymofii.
—Constant Méheut Oksana Parafeniuk, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The heist occurred during a 27-minute window in which one driver slept in the vehicle’s sleeper berth and another ate a meal at the Flying J, a sprawling truck stop just off Interstate 5’s sinuous Grapevine in Lebec, Calif.
That crime remains unsolved.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Adjective
After a day of Janine avoiding Gregory, the two finally start to hash it out during a sleep-in field trip at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Verb
Surely that would be a topic of discourse among the grown-ups in the camp, yet even here, in a place where characters have an opportunity to eat and sleep in relative safety, Civil War never fully explains why there is a civil war.
—Eisa Nefertari Ulen, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
In the meantime, people sleep in trucks, against horse stalls and under tarps.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
Athletes harped on their need for consistency in their workouts, diets and sleep in the run-up to the Games.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
My mother sometimes stays over and sleeps in his office, which doubles as a guest room.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Our first full night of restful sleep in five days.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 16 Apr. 2024
In recent years, though, federal lawsuits have given judges an opening to weigh in on the laws related to punishing people for sleeping in public spaces.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Her mother was sleeping in the couple’s bedroom next door, holding Tymofii.
—Constant Méheut Oksana Parafeniuk, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The heist occurred during a 27-minute window in which one driver slept in the vehicle’s sleeper berth and another ate a meal at the Flying J, a sprawling truck stop just off Interstate 5’s sinuous Grapevine in Lebec, Calif.
That crime remains unsolved.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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