Example Sentences

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"I don't know where I am sleeping tonight," one passenger in Cape Town identified only as Farhad, who was trying to return to Germany after a holiday, told the Newzroom Afrika broadcaster.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

“I am sleeping on the sand. It’s freezing,” said Soad Qarmoot, who described herself as a cancer patient forced to leave her home in the northern town of Beit Lahiya.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2023

“There is no mattress for me to sleep on. I am sleeping on the sand. It’s freezing.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023

She thinks I am not pulling my weight as a father and am sleeping too long.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2021

When I am sleeping I can see their faces, and I wish I knew their names.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien