sleep
verb (used without object)
to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
sleeps
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present tense formof sleep (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Daniel, a team member at Shoppers True Value Hardware, sleeps on the job, leaves food lying around and lets his co-workers clean up after him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
As soon as it hits 9ish, my son needs a nap, so while he sleeps, Nakano and I go to a little playground, and I just let her run off some of her morning energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The most recent 2026 China Sleep Health White Paper finds that while the average surveyed Chinese person sleeps 6.97 hours per night, 23 percent sleep less than 6 hours per night.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
The 25-year-old sleeps on a small camping bed in the Honghub office under a poster for “Her,” a 2013 movie about a man falling in love with an AI operating system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
I don’t know when he sleeps or where he gets so much energy.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
