A crash of thunder sounded as a bolt of lighting struck the ground close to the basket where the rain babies slept.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

He said Van Buren slept in the same kind of bed as the one used by the French King, Louis the 15th.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

We slept on the hard ground, ate canned beans from cold metal plates and spent our days in the difficult search for gold.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

That expression comes from the days when people slept on beds filled with dried grass or hay.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

The camper did not have any heating equipment to warm the space while family members slept.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

Last August,a study in the journal Sleep Medicine said children who go to bed after nine o'clock took longer to fall asleep and slept less.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

I knew the sound well. Many a night,late at night, when all the world slept, it has welled up from deep within my own chest.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Many players slept on the bus. Jackie Robinson played for the Kansas City Monarchs.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Some people slept on hay in barns where they kept their farm animals.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

And they slept there, they ate there, they had their lunch there.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

"With that decision." said McKinley, "I went to bed and slept well."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

She slept at her desk for short periods during the day.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

Passengers either slept on them or on the bags of mail.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

I never left my apartment. I rarely even ate or slept.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

The rain babies slept soundly in their drawer.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Many times he slept wherever he could.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

"David Cameron, the Conservative leader, so visible that he's even worked through the night -- he hasn't slept."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

The system effectively controlled participants' blood sugar for 27 hours, during which time they ate three high-carbohydrate meals and slept through the night at a hospital.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Local officials say the attackers struck overnight as the members slept.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Maybe it was becauseshe had no where else to go, or maybe it was becauseshe was so tired 'cause she went to bedand slept and slept like she hadn't slept in years.

VOA: standard.other

when I got tired, I slept.

VOA: standard.other