sleep-away

or sleep·a·way

[ sleep-uh-wey ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep-away camp.

Origin of sleep-away

1
First 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. Roberts
  • A Scotch laborer does not lightly confess to feeling "fair silly," nor sleep away the busy hours of daylight.

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
  • Ventura had made him promise he would never again sleep away from home, and to this he agreed.

    The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio Valds
  • At night the stillness was absolute, but the strangeness of the day kept sleep away.

    A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes