Asleep
Asleep adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: let us pray for those who are now asleep
Running
Running adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the car has been running for almost an entire day
Both words in one sentence
- Case-in-point, people shying away from him asleep on the train, kids putting post-it notes on him asleep in the train again, and Wendy running out on their date when she realizes he's one of "them".
Source: Webcomic / Power Nap -
Running Gag: She often pretends to fall asleep in the middle of saying Tim Pawlenty's name.
Source: Series / The Rachel Maddow Show -
Unique first introduces werewolves in the form of a young woman asleep in her bed who is on her feet running down the hall before fully awakening, because her nose smelled... BACON!
Source: Our Werewolves Are Different
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