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insomnia
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  • My hair was constantly going off in eleven wrong directions, and T. Ray, naturally, refused to buy me bristle rollers, so all year I'd had to roll it on Welch's grape juice cans, which had nearly turned me into an insomniac.  (source)
    insomniac = someone with an inability to sleep well
  • In the darkness of our room, I lay awake, an insomniac once more.  (source)
    insomniac = someone with an inability to sleep
  • They had indeed contracted the illness of insomnia.  (source)
    insomnia = inability to sleep
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  • After all, he said to himself, it's probably only insomnia.  (source)
    insomnia = an inability to sleep
  • That rowdy insomniac evening I didn't leave the hut, and I didn't see Prakash, but I learned more facts about him.†  (source)
    insomniac = someone with an inability to sleep well
  • "Enlightened insomniacs," I said.†  (source)
  • Perhaps she was also suffering from insomnia.†  (source)
    insomnia = an inability to sleep
  • Even before I became the insomniac I am now, I always had problems falling asleep at night, whereas Mia would read a book for five minutes, roll onto her side, and be gone.†  (source)
    insomniac = someone with an inability to sleep well
  • He was petty, refusing to give a prisoner her letters if she had not been present at mail call, and rigidly enforcing the TV hours, much to the displeasure of the insomniacs.†  (source)
  • He was, for reasons she didn't understand, embarrassed about his insomnia, reticent to the point of silence whenever she asked in the mornings how long he'd been awake.†  (source)
    insomnia = an inability to sleep
  • Occasionally he passed a domovoi or a fellow insomniac, but the huge, rambling house was largely still.†  (source)
    insomniac = someone with an inability to sleep well
  • Empty streets gave way to the constant swarm of tourists in midtown, the flash of video billboards offering every pleasure and purchase known to man, then to the trendy insomniacs of the Village who loitered over minuscule cups of flavored coffee and lofty discussions in outdoor cafes, and finally, to the sleepy habitats of the artists.†  (source)
  • I think I've decided that insomnia's the lesser evil, since when I'm awake I can at least envision Cassie the way I want to: vibrant, beautiful, and alive.†  (source)
    insomnia = an inability to sleep
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