Example Sentences

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That suggests melatonin may have boosted DNA repair while participants were sleeping after night work.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Putin said the attack took place as the students were sleeping.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Several were sleeping in a nook by the stairs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

They needed the ability to feed their family because people were sleeping in cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

Some of the people in the line were sleeping.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway