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How to pronounce asleep in English?

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Synonyms benumbed, numb


my foot is asleep.
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Synonyms at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone
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were all asleep when the phone rang.
fell asleep at the wheel.
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he fell asleep.
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Examples of asleep

asleep
Then she looked at Pukar, asleep in her bed, dressed in a bathrobe and slippers.
From the thenewstribune.com
Investigators are looking into whether he was asleep or distracted at the wheel.
From the thenewstribune.com
The independent auditing committee on the board of directors was clearly asleep.
From the businessweek.com
The child should also take time to void completely, right before falling asleep.
From the dailyherald.com
Koonmen said when the driver fell asleep, his foot jammed the accelerator pedal.
From the democratandchronicle.com
She tried to stay up to watch the Tigers earlier this week, but she fell asleep.
From the freep.com
He said the sailors gave him milk to drink, after which he fell suddenly asleep.
From the time.com
We're usually so tired we fall asleep halfway through most of the movies anyway.
From the courier-journal.com
You must have been asleep for over a decade if you think these are new problems.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"
  • Asleep(p): lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
  • In the sleep of death
  • Asleep(p): dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"
  • Asleep is the second EP release from Bleed the Dream on their self-label Maphia in 2006.
  • Asleep (poem) is a poem by Wilfred Owen. It deals with the atrocities of World War I.
  • The World Won't Listen is a compilation album by The Smiths. It was released in February 1987 by their record company, Rough Trade Records, and reached #2 on the British charts, staying on the charts for 15 weeks.
  • In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting; Inattentive; Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness; dead
  • Fall asleep: onslepan