sleeping pill

Example Sentences

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At a doctor’s suggestion, she tried taking a sleeping pill, in the hopes that it might “reset” her sleep cycle and improve her mood.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024

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

The articles I’ve read say not to take a sleeping pill and to use nonmedicinal techniques instead.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022

When she got pregnant with her fifth baby, she’d been having trouble sleeping, so she took a sleeping pill her husband had recently bought over the counter on a trip to England.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2022

The sleeping pill was an extraneous gesture; I didn’t need it, but the mere possibility of restlessness, of an afternoon full of bad dreams and distant plumbing noises, was too unpleasant to even contemplate.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt