Start to drift off to sleep for a well-earned nap?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grieving For A Pet? I Won't Roll My Eyes.] Reference

The well-earned laurel-wreath of many a bloody field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845] Reference

If it was overconfidence, it was certainly well-earned.    From Wordnik.com.  [No, That Was Not A Dream] Reference

That hand outstretch'd from small but well-earned store.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference

Now it squatted in the grass to enjoy a well-earned repose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail] Reference

The good old man had passed quietly to his well-earned rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference

Then he walks away with a brisk step to his well-earned rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference

He has a well-earned reputation for his work ethic in practice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bully-Boy Patriots] Reference

Jealousy, however, of his great and well-earned influence over the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference

'When its favors are well-earned I think they cease to be follies.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886] Reference

Scorsese's parting shot is an uncharacteristic, but well-earned, wink.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get That Mole Removed] Reference

About this time leave opened and many a well-earned leave was granted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference

The brilliant young conqueror did not wear his well-earned laurels long.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference

All his well-earned holidays were spent at Marden, where there was always.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference

After spending eight days in the trenches we came out for a well-earned rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette] Reference

I was not, however, the only one in the Mission who enjoyed a well-earned rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference

Nothing but the title of his well-earned rank gives an adequate idea of the man.    From Wordnik.com.  [Etiquette] Reference

Europeans appreciate the older woman for her experiences and her well-earned attitudes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kristen Houghton: You're Hot! And It Isn't Menopause] Reference

Then, at a swinging pace home again to her welcome bed and a few hours 'well-earned sleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference

But they resented his prolonged stay and necessary infringement upon their well-earned liberty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janet of the Dunes] Reference

Evelyn, her eyes shining with the pleasure of well-earned praise, made a low bow to Patience and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference

North to a delightful Camp at Bavincourt, where we made up our minds to have a well-earned rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion] Reference

Having retired from business a few years since, he enjoys the fruits of a well-earned competency.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference

After his return from his well-earned holiday he died and was laid to rest in his own native soil.    From Wordnik.com.  [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference

Then, farewell content! farewell pleasure! farewell the well-earned fruits of industry and frugality!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference

Mercedes sedans have a well-earned reputation for delivering an excellent, composed ride and agile handling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Test complete: 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK350] Reference

He rose and flung it wide with a human enough gesture of impatience; his well-earned rest was disturbed too soon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flamsted quarries] Reference

He stabled Rosina at sundown, and went in to sneak a well-earned glass of hard cider past Martha's teetotaling eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference

As he hit the final ascent Barredo took one last look over his shoulder, and crossed the line alone for a well-earned win.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carlos Barredo wins stage 15 of the 2010 Vuelta] Reference

Eventually things quietened down, and when the relief was complete, we returned to Locre for a few days 'well-earned rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion] Reference

You are fraudsters, always looking to invent newer schemes for separating workers from the well-earned fruits of their toil!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation that Pissed-Off God] Reference

But here in New Jersey, when a man steps down from his well-earned throne as King of Long Beach Island, it is pretty big news.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Campion: Deep Tank to Weird Blood] Reference

Americans believe that women are more likely to be honest (pdf) as political leaders, and generally it is a belief well-earned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Liz Krueger: 16% and Rising: Combating the "Angry Man" With a Slate of Women Candidates] Reference

When he was 13 he went on to Gordonstoun, the Scottish school that had a well-earned reputation for spartan, if not philistine, values.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Private Prince] Reference

What Phelps did forfeit, though, was the opportunity to take a well-earned victory lap before a worldwide audience on the meet's final day.    From Wordnik.com.  [GOLD RUSH] Reference