Doctors were but ignorant men with rough and brutal hands, and it would be so delightful to fall asleep in childlike faith, in the enchanted gardens of the impossible.
The man, though still unconscious, began to breathe in a more regular manner, and seemed to fall asleep.
And finally there was discouragement, a doubt of all things, ending in a need of certainty on the part of one whom age had softened, and who felt happy at being able tofall asleep in credulity.
Move a little nearer to the wall; I should like to hold your hand until I fall asleep.
I awoke last night and could not fall asleep again on account of the heat, so I rose and sat down at the open window, where the night heaven looked down upon me with its countless stars.
I believe that cuckoo made mefall asleep on purpose to make me fancy it was a dream.
She had hardly said the words when she seemed to fall asleep.
But Old Wheels shook him more roughly, and he rose to his feet wearily, and leaning against the wall, seemed disposed to fall asleep again in that position.
I fall asleep, in happy consciousness of perfect security beneath the protecting shadow of brother number two and his formidable armament of ancient weapons.
Nothing is now to be heard all around but the evening prayers of the caravanserai guests; listening to the multitudinous cries of Allah-il-Allah around me, I fall asleep.
We pray together, we tremble together, and we fall asleep.
It is not permitted to fall asleep, either in the shadow of a machineel tree, nor in the shadow of an army.
Those of the prisoners who woke, pretended to fall asleep again, and left Guelemer and Brujon to their own devices.
As for the watcher, the first thing he did was to fall asleep.
The old man was leaning forward with his hands on his knees, looking tired and ready to fall asleep where he sat.
Davie was allowed to fall asleep in Mrs Beaton's bed, and in the gloaming John carried him home wrapped in a blanket, and then he saw the minister and his wife and Marjorie.
He lay there for a long time, and the cocks crowed, and then only did he fall asleep.
Makar Alexeevich was standing with parted lips, swaying, as if about to fall asleep, as he leaned against the wall.
I should be glad enough to fall asleep, so it's not my fault!
He showed marked signs of senility by a tendency to fall asleep, forgetfulness of quite recent events, remembrance of remote ones, and the childish vanity with which he accepted the role of head of the Moscow opposition.
And indeed he only had to lie down, to fall asleep like a stone, and he only had to shake himself, to be ready without a moment's delay for some work, just as children are ready to play directly they awake.
And who else would be to blame for this but my mother, with her "fall asleep, fall asleep.
The brooklets ripple, the breezes sweep; In the arm of love--so fall asleep.
Above the casket the earth they heap; In the arm of love--so fall asleep.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fall asleep" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
