sleep for eight hours

Meaning

This phrase means to spend eight hours in a state of natural rest. It represents the recommended amount of nightly sleep for most healthy adults to feel fully rested and maintain good health.

Examples

• Doctors say you should sleep for eight hours every night.

  Doctors say you should sleep for eight hours every night.

• I feel much better when I sleep for eight hours.

  I feel much better when I sleep for eight hours.

• It is hard to sleep for eight hours when you have a newborn baby.

  It is hard to sleep for eight hours when you have a newborn baby.

• She managed to sleep for eight hours despite the noisy neighbors.

  She managed to sleep for eight hours despite the noisy neighbors.

• If I don't sleep for eight hours, I feel tired all day.

  If I don't sleep for eight hours, I feel tired all day.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I slept during eight hours last night.

  ✓ I slept for eight hours last night.

  Use 'for' to indicate the duration of an action, not 'during'.

• ✗ It is healthy to sleep for eight hour.

  ✓ It is healthy to sleep for eight hours.

  The noun 'hours' must be plural because the number 'eight' is greater than one.

Related Expressions

Practice

• To stay healthy and focused, you need to ___.

  💡 get the recommended amount of nightly rest

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  sleep for eight hours

• I always try to ___ so I have enough energy for work tomorrow.

  💡 rest for a solid 8-hour period

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  sleep for eight hours