sleeping pill
Example Sentences
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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
I’m not the only person I know who, at least before Putin rattled the world’s cage, listened to the BBC World Service app at bedtime because it’s an aural sleeping pill.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2022
North Korean officials, though, have repeatedly denied accusations that Warmbier was tortured, instead claiming that he had suffered from botulism and then slipped into a coma after taking a sleeping pill.
From Fox News • Apr. 26, 2019
“Some nonsense about a bachelor party. I just want to take a sleeping pill and go to bed.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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