to sleep
idiom
: until one/someone falls asleep
The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.
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Most directors are tortured by their movies and exhausted, and have to check themselves into clinics to sleep.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 19 May 2025
In essence, to sleep well is to engage in strategic self-regulation.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Through her research, St-Onge has found that people who have high fiber diets tend to sleep more deeply.
—Malaka Gharib, NPR, 19 May 2025
The lightest way to sleep outside is under the stars, with no shelter at all.
—New Atlas, 17 May 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety, 19 May 2025
In essence, to sleep well is to engage in strategic self-regulation.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Through her research, St-Onge has found that people who have high fiber diets tend to sleep more deeply.
—Malaka Gharib, NPR, 19 May 2025
The lightest way to sleep outside is under the stars, with no shelter at all.
—New Atlas, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for to sleep
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“To sleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20sleep. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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