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Recent Examples of asleep The whir of the white noise machine that helped my daughter fall back asleep. Aisha Muharrar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025 My friend Patricia is asleep beside me. Mariana Enriquez october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025 Her beau and companion was asleep on his board in the middle of the lagoon. Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025 Red flags ignored Brandon Yates was arrested in January 2024 after being found asleep in a backyard shed. Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for asleep
Recent Examples of Synonyms for asleep
Adjective
  • Muir’s head had slammed onto a shallow sandbar, his body instantly going numb.
    Laylan Connelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Penile-inversion surgery is rumored to render the tissue numb.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Empty cans of alcoholic seltzers and a cigarette carton littered the floor beside the fallen balcony.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Her hero, Vernon, is a fallen Gen-Xer trying to survive it all—and the book is critical of his generation’s hypocrisies.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Taking minoxidil orally can support the hair follicle cycle and trigger anagen (the resting phase) prematurely.
    Jessie Quinn, Flow Space, 23 Sep. 2025
  • During the resting phase, hair stops growing and will shed, or fall out.
    Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was declared deceased after being taken to a local hospital, per the outlets.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Orchids need more of a trim to remove dead or spent leaves and flowers to prevent diseases and pests, maintain size, and encourage new blooms.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Broncos went dormant offensively.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Fertilizing Flowers Because most plants go dormant in winter, fertilizing is not useful right now.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These beneficiaries include retired workers, disabled workers, survivors of deceased workers and those receiving Supplemental Security Income.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
  • For transplants, scientists are pursuing multiple sources of beta cells, including ones from a deceased donor and ones grown from other cells in a patient’s own body.
    Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Two were discharged, while one remained under observation in an emergency room as of late Friday, the spokesperson said.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • It will be replaced again in late November, following four Pittsburgh-area high school football playoff games.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Asleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asleep. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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