to sleep

idiom

: until one/someone falls asleep
The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.

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By sending Rip off to sleep precisely at the moment America declares its independence, Irving underlines how radically life would be altered by the ensuing Revolution. John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 Room in the Inn – the Urban Ministry Center’s winter shelter program – will close for the season Friday, after recording a 25 percent jump in family members and a 15 percent increase in children who needed a place to sleep. Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025 Lina had given up pretending to sleep; her parents were boring today. Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025 Little Village Play Cafe owner Abi Gilman was at home putting her kids to sleep after a normal day at the cafe when an employee texted her that water was flooding the business. Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 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 17 Oct. 2025.

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