to sleep
idiom
: until one/someone falls asleep
The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.
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They were forced to sleep on the bare floor.
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Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Under Kentucky law, jails are required to give people three mats to sleep on when a bed is not available.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Research published in the Journal of Sleep Research in 2021 found that people who commonly woke up in the night and had trouble getting back to sleep on a nightly basis—effectively depriving themselves of restorative sleep—had a nearly 40% higher risk of developing dementia.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
She was allegedly made to sleep on a deckchair in the garage and had to use a pot and plastic bags as a toilet, Leroy said.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
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Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Under Kentucky law, jails are required to give people three mats to sleep on when a bed is not available.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Research published in the Journal of Sleep Research in 2021 found that people who commonly woke up in the night and had trouble getting back to sleep on a nightly basis—effectively depriving themselves of restorative sleep—had a nearly 40% higher risk of developing dementia.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
She was allegedly made to sleep on a deckchair in the garage and had to use a pot and plastic bags as a toilet, Leroy said.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
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“To sleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20sleep. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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