nap

My body wanted to curl up and take a nap—that apparently I might never have woken up from.

From dawn to dusk he suffered like an animal in a trap, drank coffee, smoked, begged meals from the kitchen, and napped.

Penelope shooed them into the night nursery and ordered them to nap or read in their beds until Margaret arrived with the hot-water bottle.

Penelope had implored the children to take naps in the afternoon so as not to be grouchy later, but their excitement made sleep impossible.

She looked forward to a bit of poetry read aloud, some quiet work on the children’s journals, and possibly a nap, if the Incorrigibles could be persuaded.