sleep through

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verb (intr, adverb)

informal (of a baby) to sleep all night without waking up

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Words nearby sleep through

sleepover, sleep shade, sleepshirt, sleep sofa, sleep-terror disorder, sleep through, sleep-wake cycle, sleepwalk, sleepwalker, sleepwalking, sleepwear

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How to use sleep through in a sentence

“Not for the snorer, for the person who needs to sleep through the snoring,” says Laurent, laughing.
Is Sleeping Apart Good for Your Relationship?|Tim Teeman|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It had been established early that Moomins sleep through the winter with tummies full of pine needles.
Tove Jansson, Queen of the Moomins|John Garth|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few floors up, on Deck 9, Rian Tipton and her friends were trying to sleep through the loudspeaker announcements.
We Survived the Triumph: Passengers Describe Their Doomed Carnival Cruise|Winston Ross, Eliza Shapiro, Sam Register|February 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A few months after beginning gardening, she was able to sleep through the night without medication.
A Widow's Tale|Jennie Yabroff|February 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST

I, who had seen trees only in parks and illustrated books, wandered in my sleep through interminable forests.
Before Adam|Jack London
"The captain be damned" said I, and we let him sleep through two hours of chase till a rainstorm swallowed us up.
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells
But at last he must sleep through sheer drowsiness, and they both went to bed.
Married Life|May Edginton
How do you suppose Mr. Sharp can sleep through all this din?
Signing the Contract and What it Cost|Martha Finley
What fools these peasants are to sleep through such a night!
Four Weird Tales|Algernon Blackwood

Other Idioms and Phrases with sleep through

sleep through

Sleep without waking for a period of time, usually the night, as in At three months many babies have learned to sleep through. [Mid-1900s]

sleep through something. Fail to pay attention, as in We all slept through the explanation and then had trouble getting the machines started.