sleep with

British  

verb

1. Also: sleep together.  (intr, preposition) to have sexual intercourse and (usually) spend the night with

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sleep with Idioms  

1. Be sexually intimate with, as in The playwright had made several attempts to sleep with the maid. The related phrase sleep together means “have sexual relations,” as in We wondered if they were sleeping together but didn't dare to ask them. The verb sleep has been associated with sex since the 10th century. Sleep with dates from the 1300s sleep together was first recorded a century later.

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Example Sentences

“Alex passed peacefully in his sleep with his doggy Bobo by his side yesterday.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Just plain sheets—not everyone wants to sleep with a heavy throw sandwiched between two sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“Trying to sleep with my head up against the window, with turning curves and every mountaintop,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

When Jonah Ayunga and his marauding band of brothers feasted on Celtic's desperate confusion and put them to sleep with two goals in a dozen second-half minutes, Hampden erupted.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

When Nhamo went to sleep with her arms around the mealie bag, she missed their constant muttering almost as much as the breathing of her cousins in the girls’ hut.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer