238 Verbs to Use for the Word slept

They camped under the lee of the propped sled, and slept the sleep of exhaustion.

Sir, I'm an angry Boy But yet can bear much from a Brother's Mouth; Y'ave lost your sleep: pray, Sir, go home and seek it.

Is this thy chivalry, noble lordto steal away for that a poor soul must needs sleep, being, alas!

I don't think I got one sound hour's sleep, and woke with fever fast developing.

Ah! he would go madhe must break the brutish sleep of the sick man.

But one persistent fear disturbed his sleep, and troubled his waking hours.

I want my sleep, too."

The mere fact of being on the spot, of course, in itself was a great thing; and when I knew that I could be called in a moment, as soon as he was awake and wanted me, I felt capable, even in the dark, chill morning twilight, to snatch an hour or two's sleep.

And so, presently, the night came down upon us, and the bo'sun made us take turn and turn about to keep a look-out; for the boat was going some knots through the water, and we were among strange seas; but he took no sleep all that night, keeping always to the steering oar.

It was late when Lenore retired, yet she found sleep elusive.

She enjoyed a quiet sleep on the evening of the 22nd, and awoke in the morning in a joyful frame of mind.

This is unusual for me; but, toward morning, I obtained a few hours' sleep.

The sum was not large, but it was seed sown in faith, and its harvest has been abundant, for Edinburgh with its population of under 400,000 has five Free Kindergartens, in all of which the children are washed and fed and given restful sleep, as well as taught and trained with intelligence and love.

It may have been the narcotic influence of the flowers that brought sleep to the three women, for in ten minutes they were at rest as tranquilly as if in the security of Acredale.

The amazement and alarm that so extraordinary a visit necessarily inspired, drove sleep from her eyes, and it was not till the day dawned that she so far recovered her composure and sense of safety, as to close them in slumber.

Thou shalt seek sleep, because eternal life is torture, and the tomb is peace.

Only remember, sahib, that though a man on duty may feign sleep, it is wiser not to, because sleep steals on us unawares!"

The story of it is this: Brutus was on the point of transporting his army from Abydos to the opposite continent; and the night before, he lay in his tent awake, according to custom, and in deep thought about what might be the event of the war; for it was natural for him to watch a great part of the night, and no general ever required so little sleep.

"Can't you let a fellow sleep?"

The driving in of the farmers and the awakening of life in the market, and all the stir it occasioned inside the house and out, prevented sleep even if he had been inclined that way.

For so He giveth His beloved sleep.

It aids digestion and induces sleep, and sleep you know is a gift of the gods.

And there, in the midst of all this pretty disorder of satin and lace and flowers, sits Sibyl, far into the night, or rather morning, turning over and over in her mind something that effectually banishes sleep.

This is the Maria Stakker of Iceland, which when placed under the pillow produces sleep.

" The good old man here closed his eyes, with an expression of patient resignation, and rather as if he courted sleep than felt inclined to it:

238 Verbs to Use for the Word  slept