diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 49144ac..74d903e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@ mlua = { version = "0.9", features = ["luau", "luau-jit", "async"] }
 path = "lib/lib.rs"
 
 [examples]
+basic-sleep = "examples/basic_sleep.rs"
+basic-spawn = "examples/basic_spawn.rs"
 main = "examples/main.rs"
+scheduler-ordering = "examples/scheduler_ordering.rs"
diff --git a/examples/basic_sleep.luau b/examples/basic_sleep.luau
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74418d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic_sleep.luau
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--!nocheck
+--!nolint UnknownGlobal
+
+print("Sleeping for 3 seconds...")
+
+sleep(1)
+print("1 second passed")
+
+sleep(1)
+print("2 seconds passed")
+
+sleep(1)
+print("3 seconds passed")
diff --git a/examples/basic_sleep.rs b/examples/basic_sleep.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc14ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic_sleep.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use smol_mlua::{
+    mlua::prelude::{Lua, LuaResult},
+    smol::Timer,
+    Runtime,
+};
+
+const MAIN_SCRIPT: &str = include_str!("./basic_sleep.luau");
+
+pub fn main() -> LuaResult<()> {
+    // Set up persistent lua environment
+    let lua = Lua::new();
+    lua.globals().set(
+        "sleep",
+        lua.create_async_function(|_, duration: f64| async move {
+            let before = Instant::now();
+            let after = Timer::after(Duration::from_secs_f64(duration)).await;
+            Ok((after - before).as_secs_f64())
+        })?,
+    )?;
+
+    // Load the main script into a runtime and run it until completion
+    let rt = Runtime::new(&lua)?;
+    let main = lua.load(MAIN_SCRIPT);
+    rt.push_main(&lua, main, ());
+    rt.run_blocking(&lua);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/basic_spawn.luau b/examples/basic_spawn.luau
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f7a98b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic_spawn.luau
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--!nocheck
+--!nolint UnknownGlobal
+
+local file = readFile("Cargo.toml")
+if file ~= nil then
+    print("Cargo.toml found!")
+    print("Contents:")
+    print(file)
+end
diff --git a/examples/basic_spawn.rs b/examples/basic_spawn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca0ad0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic_spawn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use mlua::ExternalResult;
+use smol::io;
+use smol_mlua::{
+    mlua::prelude::{Lua, LuaResult},
+    smol::fs::read_to_string,
+    LuaExecutorExt, Runtime,
+};
+
+const MAIN_SCRIPT: &str = include_str!("./basic_spawn.luau");
+
+pub fn main() -> LuaResult<()> {
+    // Set up persistent lua environment
+    let lua = Lua::new();
+    lua.globals().set(
+        "readFile",
+        lua.create_async_function(|lua, path: String| async move {
+            // Spawn background task that does not take up resources on the lua thread
+            let task = lua.spawn(async move {
+                match read_to_string(path).await {
+                    Ok(s) => Ok(Some(s)),
+                    Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(None),
+                    Err(e) => Err(e),
+                }
+            });
+            task.await.into_lua_err()
+        })?,
+    )?;
+
+    // Load the main script into a runtime and run it until completion
+    let rt = Runtime::new(&lua)?;
+    let main = lua.load(MAIN_SCRIPT);
+    rt.push_main(&lua, main, ());
+    rt.run_blocking(&lua);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/scheduler_ordering.luau b/examples/scheduler_ordering.luau
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..437828a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/scheduler_ordering.luau
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--!nocheck
+--!nolint UnknownGlobal
+
+print(1)
+
+-- Defer will run at the end of the resumption cycle, but without yielding
+__runtime__defer(function()
+	print(5)
+end)
+
+-- Spawn will instantly run up until the first yield, and must then be resumed manually ...
+__runtime__spawn(function()
+	print(2)
+	coroutine.yield()
+	print("unreachable")
+end)
+
+-- ... unless calling functions created using `lua.create_async_function(...)`,
+-- which will resume their calling thread with their result automatically
+__runtime__spawn(function()
+	print(3)
+	wait(1)
+	print(6)
+end)
+
+print(4)
diff --git a/examples/scheduler_ordering.rs b/examples/scheduler_ordering.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78f2786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/scheduler_ordering.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use smol_mlua::{
+    mlua::prelude::{Lua, LuaResult},
+    smol::Timer,
+    Runtime,
+};
+
+const MAIN_SCRIPT: &str = include_str!("./scheduler_ordering.luau");
+
+pub fn main() -> LuaResult<()> {
+    // Set up persistent lua environment
+    let lua = Lua::new();
+    lua.globals().set(
+        "wait",
+        lua.create_async_function(|_, duration: Option<f64>| async move {
+            let duration = duration.unwrap_or_default().max(1.0 / 250.0);
+            let before = Instant::now();
+            let after = Timer::after(Duration::from_secs_f64(duration)).await;
+            Ok((after - before).as_secs_f64())
+        })?,
+    )?;
+
+    // Load the main script into a runtime and run it until completion
+    let rt = Runtime::new(&lua)?;
+    let main = lua.load(MAIN_SCRIPT);
+    rt.push_main(&lua, main, ());
+    rt.run_blocking(&lua);
+
+    Ok(())
+}