slept in; sleeping in; sleeps in
1
: to sleep where one is employed
2
a
b
: to sleep late intentionally
Examples of sleep-in in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Scott Gilbertson Gear Team, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2024
During the fire department's inspection Wednesday, 15 people were found sleeping in the main room of the church, the mayor's press release said.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2024
The Supreme Court is debating Monday how far cities can go to prevent people from sleeping in public places without effectively criminalizing homelessness, an issue of increasing importance as the number of Americans without shelter has reached record levels.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, city officials said they had been denied the authority to enforce common ordinances that forbid camping or sleeping in sidewalks or parks.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Surely that would be a topic of discourse among the grown-ups in the camp, yet even here, in a place where characters have an opportunity to eat and sleep in relative safety, Civil War never fully explains why there is a civil war.
—Eisa Nefertari Ulen, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
In the meantime, people sleep in trucks, against horse stalls and under tarps.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
Athletes harped on their need for consistency in their workouts, diets and sleep in the run-up to the Games.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
My mother sometimes stays over and sleeps in his office, which doubles as a guest room.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Adjective
After a day of Janine avoiding Gregory, the two finally start to hash it out during a sleep-in field trip at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Verb
Its 1,000 grams of 850-fill-power hydrophobic goose down gave me no issues retaining body moisture after sleeping in it for a week on Alaska’s Kahiltna Glacier.
—Scott Gilbertson Gear Team, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2024
During the fire department's inspection Wednesday, 15 people were found sleeping in the main room of the church, the mayor's press release said.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2024
The Supreme Court is debating Monday how far cities can go to prevent people from sleeping in public places without effectively criminalizing homelessness, an issue of increasing importance as the number of Americans without shelter has reached record levels.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, city officials said they had been denied the authority to enforce common ordinances that forbid camping or sleeping in sidewalks or parks.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Surely that would be a topic of discourse among the grown-ups in the camp, yet even here, in a place where characters have an opportunity to eat and sleep in relative safety, Civil War never fully explains why there is a civil war.
—Eisa Nefertari Ulen, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
In the meantime, people sleep in trucks, against horse stalls and under tarps.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
Athletes harped on their need for consistency in their workouts, diets and sleep in the run-up to the Games.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
My mother sometimes stays over and sleeps in his office, which doubles as a guest room.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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