to sleep
idiom
: until one/someone falls asleep
The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.
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Tokyo is one of those cities that never seems to sleep.
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John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
The 45-minute affair and night’s easy atmosphere seemed to have lulled a handful to sleep.
—William Liang, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
Again, such symptoms are quite non-specific and can represent many different conditions ranging from too much stress in your life to sleep apnea to depression to long Covid to cancer.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Reversible Lightweight Full/Queen Size Quilt There’s no reason to struggle to sleep with thick, sweat-inducing bedding.
—Ali Faccenda, People.com, 3 July 2025
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John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
The 45-minute affair and night’s easy atmosphere seemed to have lulled a handful to sleep.
—William Liang, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
Again, such symptoms are quite non-specific and can represent many different conditions ranging from too much stress in your life to sleep apnea to depression to long Covid to cancer.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Reversible Lightweight Full/Queen Size Quilt There’s no reason to struggle to sleep with thick, sweat-inducing bedding.
—Ali Faccenda, People.com, 3 July 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 17 Jul. 2025.
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