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.
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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
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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
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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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