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
The onslaught of games during this group stage has meant the day’s action often starts with lunch and is still going long after much of the country is asleep.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The floods began in the early morning hours of July 4, while many people were still asleep in their homes and visitors were camped along the Guadalupe River in anticipation of the Fourth of July.
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Samantha Cookinham,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
When her house was struck in February 2025, Fatma Ageb’s husband was asleep.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
The truck driver who was accused of falling asleep and causing a crash that killed five people on Interstate 20 in North Texas last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2026
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The floods began in the early morning hours of July 4, while many people were still asleep in their homes and visitors were camped along the Guadalupe River in anticipation of the Fourth of July.
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Samantha Cookinham,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
When her house was struck in February 2025, Fatma Ageb’s husband was asleep.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
The truck driver who was accused of falling asleep and causing a crash that killed five people on Interstate 20 in North Texas last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 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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Relationships often suffer as people withdraw or feel emotionally numb.
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Some doctors understandably get a bit numb to the pain of their patients.
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Dozens of firefighters lined the street in a solemn salute to their fallen colleagues.
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Jackass Forever was dedicated to Dunn and concluded with a moving tribute to their fallen comrade.
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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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There were no signs of rodents at any businesses during this inspection period, but dead roaches were found at Conservatory at Plano, at 6401 Ohio Drive.
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She was flown by Life Flight to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
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Some of the renovations have been successful; fountains are running anew, including the long-dormant cascading water feature at the city’s popular Meridian Hill Park.
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Our bedroom is obviously dormant and dead, but that’s ok too.
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The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits.
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Both of his parents are deceased, and his grandmother was caring for his younger brother, who was suffering from a severe leg injury.
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“Asleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asleep. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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