send somebody to sleep

No, it would probably just send him straight to sleep.

These thoughts were soothing and they sent him to sleep.

Send me to sleep until this evening, then the hours will pass quickly.

We can all think of meals that send us to sleep better than others.

But the tape does work: it sends me to sleep for hours.

He could send people to sleep just with his eyes.

When my father sent me to sleep I was twenty-seven years old.

And now I'm going to send you to sleep for half an hour.

She said it quite often, but its only effect seemed to be to send the dog deeply to sleep.

She slowly walked behind the guard, ready to send him back to sleep.