It can awaken someone from a sound sleep.

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In such silence, sleep is sound.

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More evocative is the Gatsby-inspired weekend brunch menu at the Todd English Food Hall (not to be confused with the adjoining Plaza Food Hall) where, after a sound night's sleep, we sampled Venison Eggs Bercy and Vol au Vent of Seafood.

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The idea of unlocking a smartphone, opening a texting app and then typing something while asleep may sound far-fetched, but the "sleep-texting" term is a little misleading.

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Early one Sunday morning, the shrill reverberating sound of my home phone woke me from a deep sleep.

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Odd as it may sound, the answer is probably closely related to the function of sleep.

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You can sleep soundly knowing that a parcel of your net worth is safe and sound.

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It started at 4:45 a.m. when the sound of a dying seal permeated my dreams, and I was still in a semi-sleep state when I realized the mortally wounded seal was in fact my six-year-old son, lying on the floor by my bed, unable to draw breath.

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There seems to be a grave worry here that 2.5 seconds of downtime between beach volleyball points would put 15, 000 people to sleep, so there's been a never-ending blast of music Miami Sound Machine, Maroon 5, Usher, Yakety Sax (better known as the theme to "The Benny Hill Show").

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