sleep through

phrasal verb

slept through; sleeping through; sleeps through
: to sleep without being awakened by (something, such as a loud noise)
She slept (right) through the thunderstorm.

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Police said the students slept through the murders and didn't wake up until later in the morning. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025 There’s also no motion transfer, which makes sleeping through the night easier for the light sleepers out there. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025 The premise of daylight saving time is simple: Setting clocks forward in the spring, when days are lengthening, allows people to take advantage of daylight in the evening rather than sleeping through it in the morning. Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2025 The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, woke up after sleeping through the night, the Vatican said. Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sleep through

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“Sleep through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20through. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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