sound asleep
Frequency: 8.290.0 per million words
Completely asleep; in a deep sleep. (Idiomatic)
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Examples (10)
- The children were all sound asleep in their beds.
- Despite the loud thunder, the baby remained sound asleep.
- After a long day of hiking, he was sound asleep within minutes.
- I peeked into the room and saw the cat sound asleep on the sofa.
- Don't make any noise; your father is finally sound asleep.
- She was so exhausted that she was sound asleep before the plane even took off.
- The night watchman found the guard sound asleep at his post.
- It's nearly noon, and my teenage son is still sound asleep.
- By the time we arrived home, the passengers in the back seat were sound asleep.
- Nothing could wake him; he was completely sound asleep.