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send someone to sleep
bore someone badly
To send someone to sleep means to bore them so much that they feel very sleepy.
Hear it in real life
Did you enjoy the documentary?
Not really; the slow narration sent me to sleep.
That lecture was so dull it nearly sent me to sleep.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The film sent me sleeping.
Say: The film sent me to sleep.
Use “send someone to sleep,” not “send someone sleeping,” for this meaning.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
send someone to sleep; nearly sent me to sleep
Your turn: say it out loud
That lecture was so dull it nearly sent me to sleep.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
send someone to sleep
bore someone badly
“That lecture was so dull it nearly sent me to sleep.”
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