diff --git a/src/commands.mjs b/src/commands.mjs
index aa69f35..a773a14 100644
--- a/src/commands.mjs
+++ b/src/commands.mjs
@@ -137,12 +137,16 @@ const COMMANDS = [
     summary: "pause for N milliseconds (blocking)",
     // Synchronous/blocking so it pauses inline in the simple no-`await` style:
     // `while (alive) { work(); sleep(1000); }` actually waits each iteration.
-    run(_ctx, ...args) {
+    run(ctx, ...args) {
       const raw = args[0] ?? 0;
       const ms = Number(raw);
       if (!Number.isFinite(ms) || ms < 0) {
         throw new Error(`moshscript: sleep(ms) requires a finite non-negative number, got ${JSON.stringify(raw)}`);
       }
+      if (ctx.dryRun) {
+        ctx.out(`  ⏱ sleep(${ms}) → would pause for ${ms}ms`);
+        return;
+      }
       if (ms > 0) Atomics.wait(new Int32Array(new SharedArrayBuffer(4)), 0, 0, ms);
     },
   },
diff --git a/test/commands.test.mjs b/test/commands.test.mjs
index 2f9c3ef..db01a04 100644
--- a/test/commands.test.mjs
+++ b/test/commands.test.mjs
@@ -66,16 +66,35 @@ test("stop() flips the ctx alive flag off", async () => {
 });
 
 test("sleep accepts zero milliseconds (no-op, synchronous)", () => {
-  assert.equal(verb("sleep")({}, 0), undefined);
+  assert.equal(verb("sleep")({ dryRun: false }, 0), undefined);
 });
 
 test("sleep throws synchronously on a negative duration", () => {
   assert.throws(
-    () => verb("sleep")({}, -1),
+    () => verb("sleep")({ dryRun: false }, -1),
     /sleep\(ms\) requires a finite non-negative number/
   );
 });
 
+test("sleep in dry-run narrates without blocking", () => {
+  const ctx = createCtx();
+  const originalWait = Atomics.wait;
+  let waited = false;
+  Atomics.wait = () => {
+    waited = true;
+    return "timed-out";
+  };
+
+  try {
+    assert.equal(verb("sleep")(ctx, 60_000), undefined);
+  } finally {
+    Atomics.wait = originalWait;
+  }
+
+  assert.equal(waited, false);
+  assert.match(ctx.lines.join("\n"), /would pause for 60000ms/);
+});
+
 test("the vocabulary exposes summaries for `moshcode commands`", () => {
   for (const cmd of moshVocabulary().all()) {
     assert.equal(typeof cmd.name, "string");