to sleep
idiom
: until one/someone falls asleep
The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.
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Trying to make as little noise as possible, Kajumba would crawl into bed, crowded with hot limbs, and attempt to sleep.
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Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
When combined, the following changes to sleep, movement and diet were correlated to about one extra year of life.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
With a roof to sleep under, a warm bed to sleep on and a kitchen to prepare breakfast in the morning, your travel options are virtually limitless.
—New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
In the wild, hamsters dig burrows with deep tunnels and multiple entrances for protection and to sleep during bouts of torpor.
—Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
When combined, the following changes to sleep, movement and diet were correlated to about one extra year of life.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
With a roof to sleep under, a warm bed to sleep on and a kitchen to prepare breakfast in the morning, your travel options are virtually limitless.
—New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
In the wild, hamsters dig burrows with deep tunnels and multiple entrances for protection and to sleep during bouts of torpor.
—Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
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 23 Jan. 2026.
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