sleep with

phrasal verb

slept with; sleeping with; sleeps with

informal

: to have sex with (someone)

Examples of sleep with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Certainly, if Maury were the main character in the film, viewers would be shouting at him not to trust Karsh, who, half way in, starts sleeping with Maury’s ex-wife, Becca’s twin sister Terry (also Kruger of course), for whom Maury still has feelings. —

Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024 Even some of the later sketches, including one about a lawn service whose workers won’t sleep with your wife, and one honoring National Nurses’ Week where Rudolph played an Irish Jamaican nurse, benefited from the host’s chops. —

Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024 Gary Knight previously said that the boy was in his room sleeping with the door closed and a box fan on during the murders, presumably muffling any sound. —

Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024 In monogamy the protective choice is to not sleep with anyone else. —

Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 8 May 2024 Our one protection, our control rule, was about not sleeping with others in our bed. —

Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 8 May 2024 In heated questioning with the lawyer for the city, Justice Kagan pointed to the city’s ordinances that allow the authorities to ticket people for sleeping with bedding in public, asking whether cities could outlaw other basic human needs like breathing. —

Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024 The rules effectively meant someone could be ticketed or fined for sleeping with a blanket or pillow in any public space at any time. —

Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024 John dulls himself with quaaludes and sleeps with the nanny. —

Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024

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