sleep-away

or sleep·a·way

[ sleep-uh-wey ]

/ ˈslip əˌweɪ /

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adjective

of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep-away camp.

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Origin of sleep-away

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby sleep-away

sleeky, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep apnoea, sleep around, sleep-away, sleep a wink, not, sleepcoat, sleep debt, sleep-deprived, sleeper

How to use sleep-away in a sentence

He made sure not to sleep away his days, a habit that he thought would make him depressed.
Gilad Shalit’s Five Years in Gaza|Dan Ephron|October 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He had not learned to sleep away the time of storm and famine.
The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts
A Scotch laborer does not lightly confess to feeling "fair silly," nor sleep away the busy hours of daylight.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
Ventura had made him promise he would never again sleep away from home, and to this he agreed.
The Fourth Estate, vol. 2|Armando Palacio Valds

At night the stillness was absolute, but the strangeness of the day kept sleep away.
A Journal from Japan|Marie Carmichael Stopes
Full as a badger and tired as a dog I lie down and sleep away the time, sleep so soundly that not a thing enters my mind.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer