sleep through


verb(intr, adverb)
  1. informal (of a baby) to sleep all night without waking up

Words Nearby sleep through

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How to use sleep through in a sentence

  • "The captain be damned" said I, and we let him sleep through two hours of chase till a rainstorm swallowed us up.

    Tono Bungay | H. G. Wells
  • But at last he must sleep through sheer drowsiness, and they both went to bed.

    Married Life | May Edginton
  • How do you suppose Mr. Sharp can sleep through all this din?

  • What fools these peasants are to sleep through such a night!

    Four Weird Tales | Algernon Blackwood

Other Idioms and Phrases with sleep through

sleep through

Sleep without waking for a period of time, usually the night, as in At three months many babies have learned to sleep through. [Mid-1900s]

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