to sleep
idiom
: until one/someone falls asleep
The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.
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Michael, who shares his twins with his partner Josh Valdez, 33, explains that nothing seemed to soothe her to sleep.
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Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
So, too, is the $1,700 bassinet, designed to automatically respond to the cries of a newborn by gently rocking the baby back to sleep.
—Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
According to Your Cat Backpack, the key to getting a feline to sleep in their own bed is to make the place genuinely appealing.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
It’s crafted with 100 percent waffle weave cotton that’s soft and cuddly yet breathable enough to sleep with during the warmer months.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
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Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
So, too, is the $1,700 bassinet, designed to automatically respond to the cries of a newborn by gently rocking the baby back to sleep.
—Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
According to Your Cat Backpack, the key to getting a feline to sleep in their own bed is to make the place genuinely appealing.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
It’s crafted with 100 percent waffle weave cotton that’s soft and cuddly yet breathable enough to sleep with during the warmer months.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 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 6 Dec. 2025.
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