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.