Example Sentences

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They also rated how deeply they felt they had been sleeping and how sleepy they were.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

A tree had crashed through the house feet from where she had been sleeping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Saucedo, 43, had been sleeping in her car before seizing a Caltrans home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

Four people were hospitalised, including two who had been sleeping in the basement of a bar at the time and were treated for smoke inhalation.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024

She was a good actress, too, and at times I wondered if maybe she really had been sleeping through the whole thing.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides