sleep-away
or sleep·a·way
[ sleep-uh-wey ]
adjective
of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep-away camp.
Origin of sleep-away
1First recorded in 1975–80
Words Nearby sleep-away
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How to use sleep-away in a sentence
He made sure not to sleep away his days, a habit that he thought would make him depressed.
He had not learned to sleep away the time of storm and famine.
The Watchers of the Trails | Charles G. D. RobertsA Scotch laborer does not lightly confess to feeling "fair silly," nor sleep away the busy hours of daylight.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonVentura had made him promise he would never again sleep away from home, and to this he agreed.
The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio ValdsAt night the stillness was absolute, but the strangeness of the day kept sleep away.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes
Full as a badger and tired as a dog I lie down and sleep away the time, sleep so soundly that not a thing enters my mind.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock Thayer
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