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Antonyms for fall asleep
Grammar : Verb |
Definition of fall asleep
- As in sleep : verb suspend consciousness
- She did not speak; her eyelids closed, and she appeared to fall asleep.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- "Suppose you were, and suppose I was to fall asleep," said the doctor.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- So surely as she came into the room, however, Martin feigned to fall asleep.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Could she not fall asleep serenely in the peacefulness of her chaste soul?
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- If you wake in the night, sing that out lustily, and fall asleep again.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- There she sat down and waited until her mistress should fall asleep.
- Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
- When everyone had left, all the animals gathered in the barn to fall asleep.
- Extract from : « FreeChildrenStories.com Collection » by Daniel Errico
- The princess then left him, and he went to bed and pretended to fall asleep.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- She sank helplessly upon the bed, and pretended to fall asleep.
- Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks
- So tired was he, and so soothing still his retreat, that to fall asleep was precisely what he did.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
Synonyms for fall asleep
- bed down
- bunk
- catch a wink
- catch forty winks
- catnap
- conk out
- cop some z's
- crash
- doze
- dream
- drop off
- drowse
- fall asleep
- fall out
- flop
- hibernate
- hit the hay
- hit the sack
- languish
- nap
- nod
- nod off
- oversleep
- relax
- repose
- rest
- retire
- sack out
- saw wood
- slumber
- snooze
- snore
- take a nap
- turn in
- yawn
- zonk out
- zzz
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