ASLEEP in a Sentence

Learn ASLEEP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

236 example sentences for ASLEEP, such as:

1. She was fast asleep, breathing evenly.
2. He lay down and was asleep immediately.
3. The baby fell asleep in her mother's arms.
4. The baby lay peacefully asleep in its pram.
5. She was asleep in a chair and snoring gently.

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 Meanings and Examples of ASLEEP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
asleep
 ad.  into a sleeping state
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  'The Dormouse is asleep again,' said the Hatter, and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII. A Mad Tea-Party
2  They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX. The Mock Turtle's Story
3  She watched it so long and steadily that the grayness grew heavier and heavier before her eyes and she fell asleep.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Six baby mice were cuddled up asleep near her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  Fresh air, and digging, and skipping-rope had made her feel so comfortably tired that she fell asleep.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  She hoped he would come back the very next day and she fell asleep looking forward to the morning.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  Mary wondered if she was in a real place or if she had fallen asleep again and was dreaming without knowing it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  She is the one who is asleep in the other room.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  By the time the lamb fell asleep questions poured forth and Dickon answered them all.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  Dickon sat cross-legged with his rabbit asleep on his arm and a hand resting on the lamb's back.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  "You have been asleep," said Colin.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  He felt the strange calmness stealing over him and it grew deeper and deeper until he fell asleep.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  He did not know when he fell asleep and when he began to dream; his dream was so real that he did not feel as if he were dreaming.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
14  After that he scarcely ever saw him except when he was asleep, and all he knew of him was that he was a confirmed invalid, with a vicious, hysterical, half-insane temper.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
15  They said their prayers, and Sid was soon asleep.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  One afternoon, I grew bored and actually fell asleep for a few minutes.
2  The hypnotic state actually lies somewhere between being awake and being asleep.
3  There must be something wrong with my left arm, which is asleep.
4  The baby fell asleep in her mother's arms.
5  One hypothesis is that the victim fell asleep while driving.
6  The tired worker fell back on the bed and at once fell asleep.
7  She was asleep in a chair and snoring gently.
8  All men whilst they are awake are in one common world;but each of them,when he is asleep,is in a world of his own.
9  The boat drifted along, with the child asleep inside it and no one guiding its direction.
10  She was fast asleep, breathing evenly.
11  My four year-old daughter was asleep on the sofa.
12  He lay down and was asleep immediately.
13  She shut her eyes and fell asleep immediately.
14  She lapsed into inertia and lay there as if asleep.
15  The baby lay peacefully asleep in its pram.