How to Use sleep out in a Sentence

sleep out

verb
  • All those people who sleep out there.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Anyway, lack of food and sleep out in the elements can do that to a player.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • More than 300 people signed up for this sleep out event — the largest ever in Pennsylvania.
    Alicia Roberts, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In 2009, William secretly took the headline-making step of sleeping out on the streets of London one night.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
  • At that time, authorities warned people against sleeping out in the open or moving around at night alone, but some houses in the area don't even have doors and many lack indoor toilets, so residents have little option but to go out to relieve themselves in the night.
    CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Instead of focusing only on game drives and Big Five sightings, the experience can also include tracking wildlife, reading animal behavior, understanding subtle signs in the landscape, sleeping out under the stars, astronomy lessons and wildlife seminars.
    Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

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