Sentence examples for seemed asleep from inspiring English sources

It was getting late & the whole school seemed asleep.

A few people strolled by us, but otherwise the lane seemed asleep in the quiet sunshine.

The passengers seemed asleep and apart, and Blake felt that he might never escape the smell of heat and wet clothing and the dimness of the light.

United seemed asleep, with Darren Fletcher in the deepest slumber as he failed to track the Fulham captain's surge into the penalty area.

Despite numerous indictments of legislators in recent years, for example, the Legislative Ethics Committee has seemed asleep most of the time.

You can excuse the FT a few boots, give a nod of approval to a small group of watchful pundits; but the list of those who seemed asleep at the wheel is jolting.

The very houses seem asleep".

Except for the occasional desultory exchange of tank and artillery fire, everything seems asleep.

That night she was careful to seem asleep when he came in from the restaurant.

"Dear God, the very houses seem asleep," he mutters to himself, a bit lamely.

You know, these great, fantastic performances by energetic professors where attendance is miserable and half the students seem asleep.