This page shows Asleep in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Asleep in a sentence
Asleep meaning
- In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
- Inattentive.
- Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.
Synonyms of Asleep
Example sentences (20)
After that, while she and the dog are fast asleep on the couch, I manage to get in an hour or so on the PlayStation.
L’Hay-les-Roses Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun whose home was ram-raided and set alight while his wife and child were asleep.
Officers stopped to check on the welfare of a man fast asleep on a wall outside the Hilton Hotel on Terrace Road.
In a statement the union accused people in leadership roles at the fire service of being ‘asleep at the wheel’.
Ryan Smith, a 36-year-old homeless addict, falls asleep after smoking fentanyl in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022.
A couple were asleep in their Caribbean hotel room when a masked thief waving a gun around broke into their room at 3am.
It is also a great way to ensure that your TV is turned off automatically when you fall asleep or forget to turn it off.
Not only does he now run fast, but looks great in the process – and does not need to be asleep while doing so.
If you fly Korea Air, you can use these stickers to indicate if you'd like to be woken up if you fall asleep.
Next, Marcello Hernandez plays an exhausted high school student who falls asleep while studying for an exam.
According to police, the man and his family were asleep at home when they were woken up by two loud noises.
Benson pleads with the young girl not to fall asleep as detectives Munch () and Fin continue investigating.
I was sound asleep,” he said via telephone during a press conference, adding he had not expected the call.
Nearly 900 buildings were destroyed in Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras provinces while many were still asleep.
Dadeville mayor Jimmy “Frank” Goodman said he was in bed asleep when a council member called him just before 11pm on Saturday.
Note: Regular exercise improves sleep, in general, but exercising to fall asleep won’t do you much good.
Prosecutors allege Mr Evans raped the first complainant and sexually assaulted her when she was asleep.
But when they put up four or more posts late in the evening, 23 percent were still posting after when they normally fall asleep.
His attacks on the woman, which took place in the city's Townhead and Barlanark areas, included raping her while she was asleep.
Lola questions her about Tina and Tina, and she says that they were asleep in the orphanage all night.
Common combinations with asleep
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- fall asleep 55×
- falling asleep 21×
- asleep and 19×
- was asleep 19×
- fell asleep 18×
- asleep at 16×
- asleep in 16×
- asleep on 15×
- were asleep 11×
- asleep while 8×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word asleep. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.