sleepless

Example Sentences

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Polly Turton, head of climate action at NGO Shade the UK, said the situation was "the new normal. The sleepless nights we're all experiencing, we are going to have to adapt to," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Despite sweaty, sleepless nights, Kloc sees some upside to the heat wave: “It unites the country because everyone is just as miserable.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

For the better part of a year, I spent myriad sleepless nights wrestling with my conscience.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

I lay mummy-style and wide-eyed next to him through the sleepless night.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The exhausted army of his enemies, who had diced the night before, now spent the hours of darkness sleepless again, standing to arms or in their councils.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White