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.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Hockney – who had been asleep at the time – was devastated.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 June 2026
In fact, one of my favorite talents is being able to fall asleep just about anywhere.
—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.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Hockney – who had been asleep at the time – was devastated.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 June 2026
In fact, one of my favorite talents is being able to fall asleep just about anywhere.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asleep
Adjective
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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.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The bullet hit close to his spine, leaving his legs numb.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
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Feeling numb or unable to experience emotions.—
Julie Kaplow,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Contacted by Deadline, the fallen mini-mogul’s reps had no comment on his new release date.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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The Moab community, where Lewis was well known, mourned a fallen athletic hero.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Essence,
Essence,
19 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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After being struck by gunfire, the man was pronounced dead at a hospital.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Police are investigating after a man was found dead underwater Saturday afternoon in Lauderhill.—
Ana Maria Soler,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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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.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
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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.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
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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.—
Mamie Bah,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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For both of you Freeze your deceased spouse's credit with Equifax, TransUnion and Experian using a death certificate.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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“Asleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asleep. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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