sleeping pill
Example Sentences
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My insomnia, caused by COVID, has been so bad and so utterly strange to me, my doctor prescribed a prescription sleeping pill at night, the first such medication I've taken.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2023
After its introduction, it quickly became the most popular prescription sleeping pill on the market.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022
“If you took a sleeping pill in the middle of the day, it would make you feel sleepy. If you took melatonin in the middle of the day, it doesn’t really have that effect.”
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2022
She’s a self-described “loudmouth,” and also, she told me, “I went to take a vitamin just now, and I took a sleeping pill instead, so I can feel myself even getting a little bit chattier.”
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2021
For a moment, as Deborah’s face began to sag and her body slumped, Davon thought maybe she’d accidentally taken her sleeping pill before coming to church.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
