Example Sentences

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Let’s say the whole world finally wakes up to the idea that we night owls are more than laggards and sleepyheads.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2018

I’m standing in the Starbucks line behind 10 other sleepyheads, waiting to order my tall skinny cappuccino, otherwise known as a shot of coffee described as I wish to be.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2015

At the centre of the stage is a huge bed; to one side there is a bathroom, into which a procession of sleepyheads troop to make their daily transformations.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013

A study finds that snoring sleepyheads are twice as likely to suffer a stroke as ordinary snoozers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Get to work, you sleepyheads, and search down the stream.

From The Sword Maker by Barr, Robert