to sleep

phrase

: until one/someone falls asleep

The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.

Examples of to sleep in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Give me a great stroller, car seat, baby carrier, bottles, diapers, and somewhere safe for the baby to sleep. — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2026

Robinson agreed and invited Berk to sleep in his old bedroom. — Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

The waiver, which ACS received in 2023, allowed the agency to place multiple juvenile detainees to sleep in hallways, classrooms and chapels, potentially restricting access to educational and other programming. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Flipping the Folio cover open and closed does put the phone to sleep and wake it up. — ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for to sleep

• asleep
• upkeep
• beep
• cheap
• creep
• deep
• heap
• jeep
• keep
• leap
• peep
• reap