SLEEPER in a Sentence
Learn SLEEPER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
44 example sentences for SLEEPER, such as:
1. I am a light sleeper, and so is my wife.
2. I am a light sleeper, and it has awakened me.
3. A Pessarane Behesht sleeper cell has been activated in London to assist you.
4. The sleeper half turned, and then settled down once more into a deep slumber.
5. The sleeper apparently thought so too, for the next moment she opened her own.
2. I am a light sleeper, and it has awakened me.
3. A Pessarane Behesht sleeper cell has been activated in London to assist you.
4. The sleeper half turned, and then settled down once more into a deep slumber.
5. The sleeper apparently thought so too, for the next moment she opened her own.
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Meanings and Examples of SLEEPER
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sleeper
n. something originally of little value becomes very valuable; unexpected hit; one that sleeps
Classic Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1 Fagin looked hard at the robber; and, motioning him to be silent, stooped over the bed upon the floor, and shook the sleeper to rouse him.
2 Fagin made no answer, but bending over the sleeper again, hauled him into a sitting posture.
3 The sleeper apparently thought so too, for the next moment she opened her own.
4 The sleeper half turned, and then settled down once more into a deep slumber.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
5 I am a light sleeper, and it has awakened me.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
6 I am not a very heavy sleeper, and the anxiety in my mind tended, no doubt, to make me even less so than usual.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
7 You are aware that I am not a very sound sleeper, and since I have been on guard in this house my slumbers have been lighter than ever.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
8 Milverton is a heavy sleeper, and retires punctually at ten-thirty.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
9 On the other hand, like all these stout, little men who do themselves well, he is a plethoric sleeper.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
10 I am a light sleeper, and so is my wife.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
11 The door closed on Gerty, and he stood alone with the motionless sleeper on the bed.
12 The sleeper which would connect at Kansas City with the California train rolled out of St. Paul with a chick-a-chick, chick-a-chick, chick-a-chick as it crossed the other tracks.
13 But I beat the thing down; and again marking the sleeper, jocularly hinted to Queequeg that perhaps we had best sit up with the body; telling him to establish himself accordingly.
14 He put his hand upon the sleeper's rear, as though feeling if it was soft enough; and then, without more ado, sat quietly down there.
15 Queequeg removed himself to just beyond the head of the sleeper, and lighted his tomahawk pipe.
Example Sentence:
1 Unnoticed by the critics at its publication, the eventual Pulitzer Prize winner was a classic sleeper.
2 A Pessarane Behesht sleeper cell has been activated in London to assist you.