1
: into a state of sleep
2
: into the sleep of death
3
: into a state of inactivity, sluggishness, or indifference
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Examples of asleep in a Sentence
Adjective
“Are you asleep?” “No, I'm awake.”
He tries to clean up the house while the kids are asleep.
The cats are asleep on the floor.
She was still asleep at noon.
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Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
According to the scholar Maria Tatar, these were folktales shared among adults after hours, while the children were asleep.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
Maintaining good sleep habits is also essential to falling and staying asleep easily.
—Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
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Adjective
More than 40 people have been killed on CTA property since 2001, including four people who were fatally shot while asleep on a CTA Blue Line train last month.
—Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
According to the scholar Maria Tatar, these were folktales shared among adults after hours, while the children were asleep.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Adverb
Sleep problems: Both depression and migraine cause insomnia—difficulty falling or staying asleep—and changes in sleep patterns.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
Maintaining good sleep habits is also essential to falling and staying asleep easily.
—Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
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“Asleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asleep. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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