drunken sleep

Frequency: 6.04.8 per million words

a very deep sleep caused by intoxication

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Examples (10)

  • He collapsed onto the sofa and fell immediately into a deep, drunken sleep.
  • The paramedics had trouble rousing the man from his drunken sleep.
  • Waking from a drunken sleep, he had a pounding headache and no memory of the previous night.
  • She found him in a drunken sleep on the kitchen floor, still clutching an empty bottle.
  • Nothing could penetrate the heavy fog of his drunken sleep.
  • The loud noises from the street party did not disturb her profound, drunken sleep.
  • His roommate was used to finding him passed out in a drunken sleep after a long week.
  • A night of heavy drinking usually ends in a long, unsatisfying drunken sleep for him.
  • The character in the novel finally escapes his troubles by succumbing to a drunken sleep.
  • It is dangerous to leave someone in a drunken sleep without monitoring them.