sob oneself to sleep



sob oneself to sleep

to cry until one falls asleep. He sobbed himself to sleep for days after his grandpa died. The child sobbed himself to sleep night after night.
See also: sleep, sob

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Paulinus-Ancient Roman
Shprintza-Yiddish
Auroreo-RORFrench
Vitalyvee-TAH-lee (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
DianDEE-ahnIndonesian
Charna-Yiddish