sleep through
phrasal verb
slept through; sleeping through; sleeps through
: to sleep without being awakened by (something, such as a loud noise)
She slept (right) through the thunderstorm.
Examples of sleep through in a Sentence
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Passengers can sleep through the duration of the flight, arriving rested.
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
In one episode of the new World War II epic Masters of the Air, a character collapses from exhaustion and sleeps through the events of D-Day, which were so memorably dramatized in Saving Private Ryan.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
An Arkansas mom didn’t know why her baby wasn’t sleeping through the night.
—Kim Komando, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
Staying up late one night isn’t going to set a toddler back (and, as Colquitt noted, many little ones can sleep through anything.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 9 Feb. 2024
Convinced that having a baby who slept through the night mattered more than having their own room, the couple moved out of the bedroom and gave it to their baby, who had been sleeping in the living room.
—Laura Fenton, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2024
But magnesium may indirectly affect sleep through its effects on melatonin.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 10 Jan. 2024
What's more, for some, hitting the button multiple times over 30 minutes may spark alertness more quickly than sleeping through without a break, according to the study, published Wednesday in the Journal of Sleep Research.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
DeBusschere, Bill’s roommate on the road, slept through most of that.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
In one episode of the new World War II epic Masters of the Air, a character collapses from exhaustion and sleeps through the events of D-Day, which were so memorably dramatized in Saving Private Ryan.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
An Arkansas mom didn’t know why her baby wasn’t sleeping through the night.
—Kim Komando, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
Staying up late one night isn’t going to set a toddler back (and, as Colquitt noted, many little ones can sleep through anything.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 9 Feb. 2024
Convinced that having a baby who slept through the night mattered more than having their own room, the couple moved out of the bedroom and gave it to their baby, who had been sleeping in the living room.
—Laura Fenton, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2024
But magnesium may indirectly affect sleep through its effects on melatonin.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 10 Jan. 2024
What's more, for some, hitting the button multiple times over 30 minutes may spark alertness more quickly than sleeping through without a break, according to the study, published Wednesday in the Journal of Sleep Research.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
DeBusschere, Bill’s roommate on the road, slept through most of that.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
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“Sleep through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20through. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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