sleep with
phrasal verb
slept with; sleeping with; sleeps with
informal
: to have sex with (someone)
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Clinical trials show small but significant improvements in sleep with consistent use.
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Mellanie Perez, Health, 27 Dec. 2025
Gift yourself better sleep with 60% off a supportive cervical neck pillow, plus get steep discounts on sheet sets and even 100% silk pillowcases.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2025
Another patient has a pattern of sleeping with married men and a penchant for wearing green dresses with gold accessories (or, occasionally, gold dresses with green accessories).
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Married couples shared a bed, and one of their younger children might sleep with them, though infants had cradles.
—Bobbi Sutherland, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
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Mellanie Perez, Health, 27 Dec. 2025
Gift yourself better sleep with 60% off a supportive cervical neck pillow, plus get steep discounts on sheet sets and even 100% silk pillowcases.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2025
Another patient has a pattern of sleeping with married men and a penchant for wearing green dresses with gold accessories (or, occasionally, gold dresses with green accessories).
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Married couples shared a bed, and one of their younger children might sleep with them, though infants had cradles.
—Bobbi Sutherland, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sleep with
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“Sleep with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20with. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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