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Meanings of asleep in English
Portuguese
adormecido Catalan
adormit In a state of sleep.
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Examples for "numb"
Examples for "numb"
1
By late afternoon, various family members said they felt numb with emotion.
2
This stuff will numb you up real good whatever your problem is.
3
It broke across Mitch's numb tiredness like a sea of ice water.
4
My body still felt numb and distant, but my vision was clear.
5
She still felt singularly numb toward the world and life in general.
1
It benumbed him for a second; then he laughed with jeering bitterness.
2
The icy water so benumbed us we could scarcely control our limbs.
3
They were benumbed by the cold and suffering from hunger and exposure.
4
Desnoyers was still huddled in his seat, benumbed and with closed eyes.
5
But no; she sat there as if lifeless, seemingly benumbed with astonishment.
Usage of asleep in English
1
All the men in it were asleep; but the king was gone.
2
There were five of them; the sixth was asleep in the cradle.
3
Henrik fell asleep in his bed, if I understand the situation rightly.
4
Budget 2016: is George Osborne asleep at the wheel of UK's economy?
5
He didn't want to come home and find her asleep or working.
6
A long time later, Peter's even breathing said that he was asleep.
7
I couldn't even talk to her; she'd be asleep for hours yet.
8
You just said this guy's power is comin' from everybody who's asleep!
9
I was asleep; my eyes closed; the book fell from my hand.
10
The moon was bright; Caspian had been asleep longer than he thought.
11
She is not asleep in the summer-house, or in the old barn.
12
Then she fell asleep with the ideas of Antarctica in her mind.
13
Pichai already has the monkish capacity to hear and understand whilst asleep.
14
You must be asleep by now, thinking that I have gone home.
15
Fast asleep, wide open and innocent like only sleeping children can be.
16
The silence in the room justified the inference that he was asleep.
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Asleep through the time
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