We have people on our farm who will literally sleep with these horses.

Couchsurfing.org may be free but guests can find themselves literally sleeping on the sofa.

Could a young American today, never having served in the infantry, much less in combat, believe that exhausted soldiers literally sleep while marching?

"I literally slept with that book for two years, in the bed," she said.

Then I almost lost hold of him, since he was literally sleeping on his feet.

They've been literally sleeping with the defense attorney-who's also a girl, which makes for a very interesting situation.

"Anyone who ingests it can literally sleep himself to death unless an antidote is provided soon enough."

As night falls the leaves fold to close the terminal buds as the plant literally sleeps.

"We were literally sleeping on top of each other," she said.

For six months, they had lived in adjoining rooms, and been completely unaware of one another's presence, though they slept literally less than a foot apart.