sleeper – English noun declension

English noun forms of sleeper

Noun: sleeper
Singularsleeper
Pluralsleepers

Sample Sentences

  • I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.
  • She's a heavy sleeper: it takes a lot to wake her up.
  • Waveless mattresses are for those who prefer a more stationary [night's sleep]; semiwaveless for those who want a slight rocking motion, and free-flow for sleepers who want the feel of a boat. All beds come with temperature controls, and king- and queen-size models offer dual controls. [1986 August 28, Patricia Leigh Brown, “17 YEARS OF THE WATER BED: A SOCIAL HISTORY; CHECKING OUT REFINEMENTS”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2018:]
  • Therefore let penal laws, if they have been sleepers of long, or if they be grown unfit for the present time, be by wise judged confined in the execution […] [1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Judicature”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:]
  • The object of these provisions is to prevent insertion of "jokers" or "sleepers" in bills and securing passage under the false color of the title. [1958, Duncan Leroy Kennedy, Bill drafting, page 12:]
  • We are up against the pros; and pros who have been involved in this kind of activity for many years. […] The public apathy today is disturbing — few realize, Mr. Chairman, that there are sleepers in this country and we know that they are able to manipulate at will behind the scenes. [1969, United States Congress, Departments of Treasury and Post Office and Executive Office Appropriations for 1970: Hearings, (91st Congress, First Session, parts 2-3), page 479:]
  • His skull earring had been replaced by a small gold sleeper. […] Fiona, who also had pierced ears, remarked on his sleeper. “Doesn’t Wilton allow pierced ears?” she asked. “No way!” said Leslie. “Rules about everything. But I wanted to keep my options open, as you might say. No one’s made me take it out yet. […]” [1984, Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock:]
  • We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.
  • It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day. [1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:]
  • A box-office bomb when it first came out, the film was a sleeper, becoming much more popular decades after being released.
  • For example, the [racehorse] trainer may have tipped a betting syndicate that he is about to unleash a sleeper […] [1968, Marvin B. Scott, The Racing Game, page 160:]
  • Aaron, Devin, and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.
  • At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, / Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped. [1995, “Insomnia”, in Reverence, performed by Faithless:]

Etymology

From Middle English sleper, equivalent to sleep + -er. See: Middle English Nouns 'sleper'.

Verbs referencing "sleeper"

Swedish Nouns sliper, Finnish Nouns liipetti.