How to Use put to sleep in a Sentence

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• In the book, children watch as babies are fed and burped, diapered and put to sleep.
  — Kate Tuttle, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• The mother has to be put to sleep during the procedure to maintain her oxygen levels.
  — Caroline Catherman, orlandosentinel.com, 30 July 2021
• Characters hunt for dead cats (for spaceship fuel), and a cat is humanely put to sleep.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
• One big question is how the Steam Deck will handle being put to sleep in public spaces without Wi-Fi access.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2022
• All instruments are sterile, the patient is put to sleep, and an incision is cut and held open with retractors.
  — David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2016
• Next, the annoying lane-departure warning chimes, lights, and vibrations were put to sleep.
  — Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 26 Apr. 2023
• And babies should only be put to sleep on a firm, flat surface—like a crib or bassinet—without pillows or other products that could suffocate the infant.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 29 Aug. 2023
• Oliver has scoliosis and was going to be put to sleep because something happened to his owner.
  — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2020
• As for the studios, eyes are on No Hard Feelings and Strays, even if either failing to connect won’t mean that likeminded projects necessarily get put to sleep.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
• Ten to midnight seems like a relatively late bedtime, but in that same state of nature there were also evening matters to tend to: getting children fed and put to sleep, tending the fires, watching out for predators.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 June 2020
• For now, at least, another disappointing live-action adaptation for anime and manga has been put to sleep.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• In addition to recommending that babies be put to sleep on their backs on a flat surface with nothing in the crib or bassinet until the age of 1, the American Academy of Pediatrics discourages bed-sharing.
  — Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022
• Hippopotamuses are also difficult to safely put to sleep.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2013
• Dixie didn't even have to be put to sleep to receive the single injection of Stelfonta, which was relatively inexpensive and effective compared to other treatment options.
  — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 18 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 19 Aug 2024