sleep with
phrasal verb
slept with; sleeping with; sleeps with
informal
: to have sex with (someone)
Examples of sleep with in a Sentence
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There are 160 days left until the election, and the week of reckoning has come for Donald Trump, the guy who definitely did not sleep with Stormy Daniels, but also, definitely did not hide her payoff.
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
Snag deals on a comfier night’s sleep with either the Sea to Summit Trailhead Sleeping Bag and Kelty Cosmic 20 Down Sleeping Bag, marked down 25 and 31 percent, respectively.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024
Certainly, if Maury were the main character in the film, viewers would be shouting at him not to trust Karsh, who, half way in, starts sleeping with Maury’s ex-wife, Becca’s twin sister Terry (also Kruger of course), for whom Maury still has feelings.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
Even some of the later sketches, including one about a lawn service whose workers won’t sleep with your wife, and one honoring National Nurses’ Week where Rudolph played an Irish Jamaican nurse, benefited from the host’s chops.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
Gary Knight previously said that the boy was in his room sleeping with the door closed and a box fan on during the murders, presumably muffling any sound.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
In monogamy the protective choice is to not sleep with anyone else.
—Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 8 May 2024
Our one protection, our control rule, was about not sleeping with others in our bed.
—Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 8 May 2024
In heated questioning with the lawyer for the city, Justice Kagan pointed to the city’s ordinances that allow the authorities to ticket people for sleeping with bedding in public, asking whether cities could outlaw other basic human needs like breathing.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
Snag deals on a comfier night’s sleep with either the Sea to Summit Trailhead Sleeping Bag and Kelty Cosmic 20 Down Sleeping Bag, marked down 25 and 31 percent, respectively.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024
Certainly, if Maury were the main character in the film, viewers would be shouting at him not to trust Karsh, who, half way in, starts sleeping with Maury’s ex-wife, Becca’s twin sister Terry (also Kruger of course), for whom Maury still has feelings.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
Even some of the later sketches, including one about a lawn service whose workers won’t sleep with your wife, and one honoring National Nurses’ Week where Rudolph played an Irish Jamaican nurse, benefited from the host’s chops.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
Gary Knight previously said that the boy was in his room sleeping with the door closed and a box fan on during the murders, presumably muffling any sound.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
In monogamy the protective choice is to not sleep with anyone else.
—Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 8 May 2024
Our one protection, our control rule, was about not sleeping with others in our bed.
—Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 8 May 2024
In heated questioning with the lawyer for the city, Justice Kagan pointed to the city’s ordinances that allow the authorities to ticket people for sleeping with bedding in public, asking whether cities could outlaw other basic human needs like breathing.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Sleep with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20with. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
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