sleep through
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
“Not for the snorer, for the person who needs to sleep through the snoring,” says Laurent, laughing.
It had been established early that Moomins sleep through the winter with tummies full of pine needles.
A few floors up, on Deck 9, Rian Tipton and her friends were trying to sleep through the loudspeaker announcements.
We Survived the Triumph: Passengers Describe Their Doomed Carnival Cruise | Winston Ross, Eliza Shapiro, Sam Register | February 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA few months after beginning gardening, she was able to sleep through the night without medication.
I, who had seen trees only in parks and illustrated books, wandered in my sleep through interminable forests.
Before Adam | Jack London
"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. WellsBut at last he must sleep through sheer drowsiness, and they both went to bed.
Married Life | May EdgintonHow do you suppose Mr. Sharp can sleep through all this din?
Signing the Contract and What it Cost | Martha FinleyWhat fools these peasants are to sleep through such a night!
Four Weird Tales | Algernon Blackwood
Other Idioms and Phrases with 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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