to sleep
idiom
: until one/someone falls asleep
The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.
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Of course, plenty of people choose to sleep, nap or relax in loungewear.
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Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Durbin, Duckworth and Schneider were told by Navy officials that DHS will have office space but will not have barracks for people taken into ICE custody and that agents stationed at the base will not be able to sleep there.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
On an August night in Texas, Pablo Pratt put his 1-year-old son to sleep and sat down with his wife, trying to make the numbers work.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Much of the discrepancy here is likely tied more to sleep than to something inherently beneficial about getting up at the crack of dawn.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
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Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Durbin, Duckworth and Schneider were told by Navy officials that DHS will have office space but will not have barracks for people taken into ICE custody and that agents stationed at the base will not be able to sleep there.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
On an August night in Texas, Pablo Pratt put his 1-year-old son to sleep and sat down with his wife, trying to make the numbers work.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Much of the discrepancy here is likely tied more to sleep than to something inherently beneficial about getting up at the crack of dawn.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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