Synonyms for fall asleep


Grammar : Verb

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Définition 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

Antonyms for fall asleep

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