Collocations for "slept"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slept" in context.
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sleep
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- sleep [soundly, deeply, well]
- sleeping like [a baby, the dead]
- did you sleep well (last night)?
- didn't sleep (very) well
- slept like a log
- sleep on the [couch, floor]
- sleep [in a tent, out in the open, under the stars]
- sleeping [rough, on the streets]
- sleep next to your [friend, brother, wife]
- sleep all [night, day, morning]
- sleep for [eight] hours (straight)
- sleep until [noon]
- slept through the [storm, sirens]
- sleep (over) at her house
- sleep with one eye open
- sleeps with her teddy bear
- sleeps with a gun [under his pillow, in her bedside table]
- the [pain, noise, worry] keeps me (from) sleeping
- have trouble sleeping
- can't (eat or) sleep
- am not sleeping [properly, well]
- are sleeping together
- sleep with her
- has slept with [20] [women, men]
- was sleeping on the job
- sleep off a [headache, hangover, cold]
- (try to) sleep it off
- sleep [in, late] on [Saturday, weekends]
- [may, can] cause you to sleep
- [have, need, want] to sleep
- the [apartment, mobile home, room] sleeps [six]
- a [long, short, brief, lengthy] sleep
- fell into a [deep, peaceful, restless] sleep
- need a good (uninterrupted) sleep
- [need] a good (night's) sleep
- am [low, deprived] of sleep
- [need, got] [eight] hours of sleep
- [need, get] a [full, good] [eight] hours of sleep
- [eight hours] of sleep a day is [enough, sufficient, recommended]
- an [eight-hour] sleep
- need to start getting more sleep
- [get, recover, catch up on] some sleep
- was in deep sleep when (the phone rang, you called)
- have gone [two nights, three days] without sleep
- the [amount, quality] of sleep
- rubbed the sleep from her eyes
- my [daughter, son] is [having, going to] a sleep-over
- [monitor, study, analyze] sleep patterns
- adjust my sleep schedule
- a sleep [psychologist, analyst, experiment]
- [am, feel] sleep deprived
'slept' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):