fell asleep

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I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom. Heinrich Heine

There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning. Kate Chopin

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads. Fritz Kreisler

You whispered my full name and we fell asleep in each other's arms and I remember how the next morning you were gone, completely gone, and nothing in my bed or the house could have proven otherwise. Junot Diaz

With their hands clasped like children in a fairy tale, she fell asleep beside him in the dark. Cassandra Clare

The reaper earned a reputation and fell asleep. Cypress Proverb

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