Fearing the unknown, I dared not sleep except in snatches.

All were soon sound in sleep except one Indian, who was friendly to the settlers.

I might've drifted off to sleep except that my mind wouldn't let go of Jesse.

One cannot truly enjoy sleep except when he has reached this condition of bodily fatigue.

Although I was so tired, I could not sleep except for short intervals-thenonly to dream.

She can't sleep except when she's sleepy.

Having supped, all hands turned in to sleep except two, an officer and man, who sat up to keep watch.

Then all went to sleep except the priest, who began to read the sutras by the light of a paper lantern.

Rob had a ton of space in his apartment, but there was nowhere to sleep except on the hardwood floor in the living room.

Day and night Argus watched, never sleeping except with two eyes at a time.

Soon we all slept except the helmsman, who kept the ship in the mid-stream of Yann.

No smoking will be allowed in any part of the vessel used for sleeping except the open decks.

At the house of the criminal family, almost everyone slept except for a young boy that couldn't so easily forget his big brother.

Mary and Edward had hidden there for over twenty-six hours, sleeping except when they had to kick the rats away from Mary's blood.