sleepover
noun
sleep·over
ˈslēp-ˌō-vər 
1
: an overnight stay (as at another's home)
2
: an instance of hosting a sleepover in one's home
Examples of sleepover in a Sentence
Our daughter is having a sleepover for her friends tomorrow.
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Elsewhere, True has hosted sleepovers for her cousins before, inviting Dream, Stormi Webster, 8, and Chicago West, also 8, to stay over in 2024.
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Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Invite kids' friends for a sleepover.
—Parents, 11 June 2026
And having sleepovers in the fall.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 June 2026
Hawksley groomed the victim — calling him multiple times a day, inviting him to sleepovers, and singling him out with gifts and attention.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
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Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Invite kids' friends for a sleepover.
—Parents, 11 June 2026
And having sleepovers in the fall.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 June 2026
Hawksley groomed the victim — calling him multiple times a day, inviting him to sleepovers, and singling him out with gifts and attention.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for sleepover
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“Sleepover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepover. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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sleepover
noun
sleep·over
ˈslēp-ō-vər
: an overnight stay at another's home or an instance of having others stay at one's own home
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