insomniac
Example Sentences
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“My principle inheritance has always been guilt,” writes Schwarcz, who recalls nights of listening to his insomniac father’s heels rhythmically kick the bed’s footboard.
From New York Times
The insomniacs have a full slate of competition ranging from the skateboarding women's final as NBC's coverage runs until 2 a.m.
From Fox News
The insomniacs have a full slate of competition ranging from the skateboarding women’s final as NBC’s coverage runs until 2 a.m.
From Seattle Times
Even if you haven’t been on a plane recently, you can imagine the view: slack mouths and lolling heads, fleece blankets draped every which way, a handful of insomniacs bathed in pools of light.
From New York Times
Exasperated, insomniac, ineffective, she scrubs and smokes and thinks, and suddenly, through the clean windows, perceives “a festival of inflected light.”
From New York Times
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