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

Recent Examples on the Web

Pink noise did help participants sleep through traffic sounds, but earplugs were more useful for blocking it out. —Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026

His family chugged beers in celebration; the media ate up his tale of sleeping through his alarm the morning of his win, after staying up late to binge-watch the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine . —Sean Gregory, Time, 4 Feb. 2026

Our shift that evening ended two bodies later, at around six, after which the usual routine would be to sink several bottles of strong beer and sleep through the day. —Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Which products to help your child sleep through the night are best? —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for sleep through

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou