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How to use asleep in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective

Asleep means in a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. Example: “I was asleep when you called.”

Examples of asleep by meaning

adjectiveIn a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.

  • I was asleep when you called.
  • Never disturb a man asleep.

adjectiveInattentive.

  • How could you miss that? Were you asleep?
  • The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 83

adjectiveHaving a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.

  • My arm fell asleep. You know, like pins and needles.
  • Louisa sat in the car crying, until her foot fell asleep.2003, Norma L. Bronoski, Nuns Don't Dance

More sentences with asleep

  • The princess was sleeping fast, and her servants were fast asleep too.From the entry fast
  • The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.From the entry monitor
  • It is a shame: his first day driving and he falls asleep at the wheel.From the entry at the wheel
  • The robe and slippers were so warm and comfy she just fell asleep in her chair.From the entry comfy
  • Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree.From the entry impossibly
  • But how, pray tell, do you "notice" something that happens when you're asleep?From the entry pray tell
  • The collision was in part my fault: I was starting to fall asleep at the wheel.From the entry in part
  • I was surprised to see him asleep at 10:00, as he's normally such an early riser.From the entry early riser
  • "I am asleep and I am not asleep" is superfalse, because I can never be both.From the entry superfalse
  • He can't be staring at you. For a start, he's asleep.From the entry for a start
  • Go band for band with me, bruh, we'll be counting like you count sheep falling asleep.From the entry go band for band
  • They will be asleep by this time, don'tcha think?From the entry time
  • The children fell asleep in the back of the car.From the entry fall
  • Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, and often deeply.From the entry sound
  • Under an oak were lying asleep a pair of shepherds.From the entry lie
  • He drew the curtains at 11:00pm before falling asleep.From the entry curtain
  • The children must be asleep by now.From the entry must
  • I think they’re asleep; anyhow, they’re quiet.From the entry anyhow
  • He fell asleep over the crossword puzle.From the entry over
  • What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.From the entry boring
  • The maxed out mother fell asleep almost immediately.From the entry maxed out
  • Paresthesia occurs when a body part 'falls asleep'.From the entry paresthesia
  • Granny is asleep, so keep quiet while you play.From the entry keep quiet
  • He fell asleep at the wheel.From the entry wheel
  • My left leg has fallen asleep!From the entry fall asleep
  • The exhausted man fell asleep immediately.From the entry exhausted
  • He was also awake at times when his circadian rhythms were geared toward being asleep.2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05. From the entry circadian
  • One day the owner of the trattoria came out with some meatballs, but Marcello was asleep.2019, Fernando Libertella, Marcello the Dog, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry meatbally
  • “The next morning I woke up and she was fast asleep.2018 December 15, Hannah Katherine Klumb, The Suicide Bridge, Waterton Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry bakery
  • That night, until she fell asleep, she fantasticized, fantasticized: for how many minutes?2017, Clarice Lispector, “Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady”, in Complete Stories. From the entry fantasticize
  • They were armed and I was in my drawers still half asleep.2016, John Avanzato, Claim Denied. From the entry drawers
  • Was I so fast asleep that you couldn't wake me up and ask me what I wanted?2016, Austin Mitchell, Uptown Lovers, →ISBN. From the entry gully bean
  • He looked down at the puppy fast asleep in his arms.2015, Kallypso Masters, Nobody's Dream, →ISBN. From the entry furbaby
  • I thought you'd still be asleep." Apparently she'd taken him for an idleby.2015, Ella Quinn, A Kiss for Lady Mary, page 98. From the entry idleby

Meaning of asleep

  1. adjective In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
  2. adjective Inattentive.
  3. adjective Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.

Full definition of asleep

Questions about asleep in a sentence

How do you use asleep in a sentence?
Asleep is used as an adjective. For example: “I was asleep when you called.”
What is a short sentence with asleep?
“Never disturb a man asleep.”
What does asleep mean?
Asleep means in a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asleep (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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