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I was sleep vs I was sleeped

The correct phrase is "I was asleep." Both "I was sleep" and "I was sleeped" are incorrect. The correct form uses the adjective "asleep" to describe the state of being asleep.

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I was sleep

This phrase is incorrect. The correct form should use the adjective "asleep" instead of the verb "sleep."

The correct phrase is "I was asleep," using the adjective "asleep" to describe the state of being asleep.

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If I was sleep walking isn't it true that if a sleep walker is suddenly woken up he can become hostile and not know it?
So I... guess I was sleep-walking.
So I... guess I was sleep-walking.
Co all I wanted was sleep.
He said I was to sleep here.
I was hoping I could sleep over at Larissa's tonight.
Because the 20 mils were making me fat and all I did was sleep.
Things got so bad between Bart and Lisa, I was losing sleep.
Rachel, I heard dog noises when I was trying to sleep.
This morning I was watching Frederick sleep.
You were reading Shakespeare sonnets when I was going to sleep.
I was getting to sleep but you keep waking me up.
I thought maybe she'd realized I was pretending to sleep.
I was forced to sleep with her.
You were reading Shakespeare sonnets when I was going to sleep.
I was going to sleep but I heard the door bell.
I was pretty sleep-deprived at this point, so this probably isn't how it really happened, but here's how I rember it.
I was pretty sleep-deprived at this point, so this probably isn't how it really happened, but here's how I rember it.
And you did your fair share while I was trying to sleep, too.
I thought I was letting him sleep in this morning, till I got the call.

Alternatives:

I was asleep

I was sleeped

This phrase is incorrect. The correct form should use the adjective "asleep" instead of the verb "sleeped."

The correct phrase is "I was asleep," using the adjective "asleep" to describe the state of being asleep.

Show examples from the web [+]

He misdiagnosed internal bleeding, and the boy sleeped into a coma.
He sleeped so well, he didn't fall out of [baby talk], not even when he dreamed he was back on the spacecraft.
But I was - I was downhill and I was - ias - I was coasting, ma'am.
When I was just one person, before I was with Bobby I was collecting onto me more garbage every day till I was thinking that I should get a disposal.
I wasn't even sure I was recording.
I was just so out of practice, I was overwhelmed.
I was 15 when I was abandoned.
I was obsessed with myself when I was 19.
I wa - I wasn't surprised.
I was just - I was hoping to talk to principal Radford.
I was actually trying to protect you from who I was then.
No matter how bright I was, I was still a shopkeeper's daughter.
See, I was investigated thoroughly, and I was cleared.
I was afraid I was shooting blanks.
I was solving a thing, I wasn't watching the driver.
Maybe I was molested by a hitchhiker when I was six.
I was Bitten when I was ten.
After I was pulled underground, I was unconscious.
I was brave long before I was captain America.
I was smuggled onto the island, and I was introduced to Astrid.

Alternatives:

I was asleep

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