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sleep·ing [ˈsli:pɪŋ] ADJ attr

sleeping
let sleeping dogs lie prov

ˈsleep·ing bag N

sleeping bag

Sleep·ing ˈBeau·ty N

Sleeping Beauty

ˈsleep·ing car N

sleeping car

ˈsleep·ing part·ner N Brit COMM

sleeping partner

ˈsleep·ing pill N

sleeping pill

sleep·ing po·ˈlice·man N Brit

ˈsleep·ing sick·ness N no pl

sleeping sickness

ˈsleep·ing tab·let N

sleeping tablet

I . sleep [sli:p] N

2. sleep no pl (in eyes):

sleep around VB intr inf

sleep in VB intr

1. sleep (sleep late):

2. sleep (sleep at work):

sleep off VB trans

sleep hangover, cold, headache:

sleep together VB intr (have sex, share bedroom)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This was followed by outbreaks of sleeping sickness and smallpox that would halve the population of some areas.
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Above the shoe store were several apartments where residents were sleeping.
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Other types of garment are commonly worn for sleeping, but not exclusively so, including t-shirts, tank tops, sweatpants and gym shorts as well as underwear with no outer garment.
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The government is pursuing a vigorous policy of public health improvement, with considerable success in reducing sleeping sickness, leprosy, and other endemic diseases.
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These trains offer 1st and 2nd class sleeping cars, and a restaurant car, but no seating accommodation or 3rd class cars.
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An old lady who has been sleeping inside the church sees the bag and gets it.
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He said that he had taken a sleeping pill, and that he was not under the influence.
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Dogs can be equally pernickety about their choice of sleeping quarters.
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
She had filled in the spaces under subheadings: eating, sleeping, toilet, bath, clothes, play, toys, activities, religion, school, money, time and behaviour.
www.theglobeandmail.com
There have also been reports of wakeful sleeping where a person will spontaneous fall asleep for 0.5 seconds up to 10 seconds without remembering that they were asleep at all.
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