1
as in sleeping
being in a state of suspended consciousness
was sound asleep when the earthquake struck
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2
as in numb
lacking in sensation or feeling
after sitting cross-legged all afternoon, I arose only to discover that my right foot was asleep
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as in fallen
no longer living
let us pray for those who are now asleep
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Recent Examples of asleep
When Jonah was 3, sound asleep in his room at his older sister’s birthday party, bullets from an assault rifle cracked through the windows of Jamon’s house and left holes above his bed.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
The rest of the lodge guests are either asleep or out on game drives.
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Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Hockney – who had been asleep at the time – was devastated.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
20 June 2026
In fact, one of my favorite talents is being able to fall asleep just about anywhere.
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Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
The rest of the lodge guests are either asleep or out on game drives.
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Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Hockney – who had been asleep at the time – was devastated.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
20 June 2026
In fact, one of my favorite talents is being able to fall asleep just about anywhere.
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Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asleep
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An autopsy showed that the infant died from asphyxiation secondary to a co-sleeping/overlay event with an unsafe sleeping environment.
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The bullet hit close to his spine, leaving his legs numb.
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Feeling numb or unable to experience emotions.
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Jackass Forever was dedicated to Dunn and concluded with a moving tribute to their fallen comrade.
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Hudspeth and other volunteers took over the cleanup by picking up leaves and fallen branches and cleaning broken and toppled headstones.
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That’s because when the body experiences physical stress, including losing weight quickly, more hairs can shift into a resting phase and fall out a few months later — typically two to three months after the event, Rossi explains.
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This is a condition where, due to stress or hormonal changes, the body puts the hair follicles into a resting phase.
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When Bill’s older brother Henry (Barry Ward) finds the pianist in numbed solitude in his dingy apartment, Bill has canceled all his upcoming gigs, saying Scotty cannot be replaced.
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Ingber also notes the numbed response to these strikes from much of the American public, something that, in part, may come from the routine nature of these drone strikes as something that the nation has become desensitized to dropping bombs on enemies.
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After being struck by gunfire, the man was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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Police are investigating after a man was found dead underwater Saturday afternoon in Lauderhill.
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And inflation, which had bedeviled the United States and much of the global economy during the 1970s, was remarkably dormant during Greenspan’s chairmanship, something many economists had not thought could occur for so long a period.
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Some of the microbes may still exist in a dormant state more than 5,000 years after Ötzi's death, as his body sits at the South Tyrol Museum, the experts said.
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Jeri Mains, 43, allegedly stole from the accounts of six deceased customers between April and May at the First Commonwealth Bank in Derry Township.
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For both of you Freeze your deceased spouse's credit with Equifax, TransUnion and Experian using a death certificate.
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“Asleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asleep. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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