beauty sleep
Americannoun
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sleep before midnight, assumed to be necessary for one's beauty.
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any extra sleep.
noun
Etymology
Origin of beauty sleep
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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All the while, Pippi savored her beauty sleep, and Palacios contemplated grabbing a contingency ladder to retrieve her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025
Last month the 60-year-old tearfully announced she was leaving the station and her "lovely listener" so that she could "catch up on a much needed decade's deficit of beauty sleep".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2022
Because of this, the whole world was waiting on the edge of its seat for a result while Nevada got some beauty sleep.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2020
"As we all got older we had many conversations about life, faith, morals, health, and the importance of getting your beauty sleep," recalled the country crooner.
From Fox News ● Jan. 12, 2020
"Mother says he needs his beauty sleep," Belet answered, and to give her credit, she didn't sound entirely happy with her mother's strategy in finding Nergal.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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