in a sound sleep



in a sound sleep

Deeply asleep and difficult to rouse. Jen was in a sound sleep and didn't hear her alarm this morning. I've been having such strange dreams lately that I'm thrilled to have spent last night in a sound sleep!
See also: sleep, sound

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mihaelamee-hah-YE-lah (Romanian), mee-HAH-el-ah (Croatian)Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
PeytonPAY-tənEnglish
'Aziz-Arabic
Maylis-French
Jayendra-Indian, Hindi
Maaike-Dutch