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.

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His neighbor rang the doorbell to wake up Helberg, who had slept through the ship's arrival. Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 May 2025 The Speaker specified Garbarino slept through the vote. Emily Brooks, The Hill, 22 May 2025 The father, a man more than 20 years my sister’s senior, seemed high and slept through most of the proceedings. Frances Dodds Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 18 May 2025 Seems to have slept through this offseason (am assuming an intern made the Hardman move … certainly don’t need to pay Gutey for that one). Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sleep through

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“Sleep through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20through. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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