How to Use sleep together in a Sentence

sleep together

idiomatic phrase
  • However, Kate struggles with the fact that Johnny was once in love with Tully and that the two even slept together in the past.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The two shared a kiss, slept together, and when the morning came, before Aidan left for his flight for the last time, Carrie gazed into his eyes.
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
  • And just three months prior to entering the pods, Lydia and Uche slept together.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The revelation is not that Raquel and Schwarz slept together.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • Their apartment in northern Virginia was empty, and the family was forced to sleep together on the floor.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Bobbi comes over later, and the two kiss and sleep together—which doesn't happen in the book, explicitly.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 15 May 2022
  • The two sleep together and Janis winds up pregnant and delighted.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Get ready to spoon and snuggle with your spouse, partner or loved one all night long — a new study has found couples who sleep together in the same bed improve their dream stage of rest, known as rapid eye movement sleep.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 25 June 2020
  • During winter the family might sleep together in one bed.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2012
  • Other staff members sleep together in a barracks, the better to focus on their culinary mission.
    Kyle Smith, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • After attempting to avoid each other, the two reconnect and sleep together.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022
  • The finale opened with a scene that for a few moments implied that Ted and Rebecca had slept together, which would be yet another huge event happening outside the audience’s notice.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023
  • These dual controls allow partners who sleep together to divide the heat distribution of an electric blanket in half.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Did Harper and Cameron actually sleep together, as Ethan assumes, or just kiss, as Harper insisted?
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The night ends with Tomas and Agathe sleeping together, and Tomas, the next morning, confesses to Martin in a way that’s both ingenuously candid and disingenuously cheerful.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
  • During that time, Wilfong sold his vehicle, continued to stay with Cole and eventually the two started sleeping together.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The Thatchers prefer to sleep together in one bedroom, whereas British aristocrats sleep separately.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Each episode is built roughly around the milestones of their relationship — their first time sleeping together, their first vacation together, their first visit to couples’ therapy.
    Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • This innovative piece of furniture is specifically designed for you and your pup to sleep together comfortably.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
  • The Professor and a police inspector (played by Lost actress Kim Yunjin) flirt and even sleep together, but little heat is generated between this standoffish couple.
    Jae Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2022
  • One particular rush is conspicuously un-chased: nobody watches this film without wondering why Bodhi and Utah don’t just sleep together.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, firefighters in general no longer sleep together in one room but in individual rooms to accommodate gender and privacy issues, Center for Public Safety said.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The sisters sleep together in a carrier, instinctively baring their teeth whenever humans approach.
    Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Today’s collectives create together, tour together, exhibit together, live together, survive together, eat together, sleep together, march together, fight together and party together, too.
    New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021

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