Examples of sleep out in a Sentence
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The three-minute preview that dropped on Wednesday morning (Dec. 10) opens with a giddy Eilish, 23, staring in wonder down at fans who’ve slept out overnight to be the first ones in line to enter an arena.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
At that time, authorities warned people against sleeping out in the open or moving around at night alone, but some houses in the area don't even have doors and many lack indoor toilets, so residents have little option but to go out to relieve themselves in the night.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Anyway, lack of food and sleep out in the elements can do that to a player.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
The Royals’ offense showed signs of wiping the sleep out of its eyes after scoring a single run while being swept in a three-game series by the Rays earlier in the week.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
Afraid their houses may collapse at any moment, families are sleeping out in the open along roadsides near their homes.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
In the early evening hours and throughout the night, mosquitoes can no longer feast on anoles, which typically sleep out in the open.
—Denise Hruby, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
In other research on exercise and sleep out of Iowa State University, study participants were grouped into resistance training workouts, aerobic workouts, and combination workouts (both resistance and aerobic exercise).
—Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
At that time, authorities warned people against sleeping out in the open or moving around at night alone, but some houses in the area don't even have doors and many lack indoor toilets, so residents have little option but to go out to relieve themselves in the night.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Anyway, lack of food and sleep out in the elements can do that to a player.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
The Royals’ offense showed signs of wiping the sleep out of its eyes after scoring a single run while being swept in a three-game series by the Rays earlier in the week.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
Afraid their houses may collapse at any moment, families are sleeping out in the open along roadsides near their homes.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
In the early evening hours and throughout the night, mosquitoes can no longer feast on anoles, which typically sleep out in the open.
—Denise Hruby, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
In other research on exercise and sleep out of Iowa State University, study participants were grouped into resistance training workouts, aerobic workouts, and combination workouts (both resistance and aerobic exercise).
—Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2024
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“Sleep out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20out. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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