Sample Sentences for
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
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    What had I done, other than become an insomniac?  (source)
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    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
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    That rowdy insomniac evening I didn't leave the hut, and I didn't see Prakash, but I learned more facts about him.†  (source)
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    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)
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    So help me, if I ever got a bad case of insomnia, I'd hire him to sit in my room and talk.†  (source)
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    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)
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    I think of everyone who might be awake with me—insomniacs, thieves, anarchists, women with children who drowned in their baths.†  (source)
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    Perhaps she was also suffering from insomnia.†  (source)
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    Some insomniac up late.†  (source)
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    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)
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    She had no vices other than a taste for white wine, and no physical or emotional maladies except insomnia, which was brought on by the irregularity of her hours.†  (source)
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