sleep through
phrasal verb
slept through; sleeping through; sleeps through
: to sleep without being awakened by (something, such as a loud noise)
She slept (right) through the thunderstorm.
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But flexibility and compassion are vital when your body is sore from labor, no one is sleeping through the night, and your family dynamic has shifted beyond recognition.
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Jessica Slice, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Strahovski and Loden's other two children slept through the whole ordeal.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Reasons for sleep struggles Sleep expert Wendy Troxel, PhD — a RAND Corporation senior behavioral specialist and licensed clinical psychologist in Utah — shared a few reasons Americans aren’t sleeping through the night.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Anxiety has kept Harve Smith, who served in the Navy for 15 years until 1994, from sleeping through the night.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Slice, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Strahovski and Loden's other two children slept through the whole ordeal.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Reasons for sleep struggles Sleep expert Wendy Troxel, PhD — a RAND Corporation senior behavioral specialist and licensed clinical psychologist in Utah — shared a few reasons Americans aren’t sleeping through the night.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Anxiety has kept Harve Smith, who served in the Navy for 15 years until 1994, from sleeping through the night.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sleep through
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“Sleep through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20through. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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