Example Sentences

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The best times to encounter them are at dawn or dusk, when most tourists are sleeping or sipping caipirinhas.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

No one lies down—the chorus members don delicate face veils and hold lighted candles to show when they are sleeping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Schools that have been turned into shelters are full, and many are sleeping in improvised tents in public spaces and even in cars.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Many displaced people are sleeping on the streets of the capital or in their cars, and Hammoud said he wants the facility to take in "as many as possible".

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Nor would you know that inches below your feet, frogs are sleeping, their heartbeats down to once or twice per minute.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli