Antonyms for fall asleep

Grammar : Verb

Definition of fall asleep

As in sleep : verb suspend consciousness

Example sentences :

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

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