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How to pronounce sleepless in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lidless
Type Words
Synonyms insomniac, watchful
Derivation sleeplessness


lay sleepless all night.

Examples of sleepless

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He was trying to find a spot warm enough for a nap after a cold sleepless night.
From the bostonherald.com
After a sleepless night, the Alpha platoons moved out on reconnaissance patrols.
From the post-gazette.com
Sleepless nights are more likely because they are on the clock, not at the club.
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Now, despite the sleepless nights, she is glad she held out for what she wanted.
From the heraldtribune.com
Sleepless periods increase amyloid beta levels, causing the disease to progress.
From the sciencedaily.com
I spent sleepless nights trying to find a way to deal with the figure of Christ.
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The one position still capable of causing Robinson sleepless nights is stand-off.
From the dailymail.co.uk
If not, then after a sleepless night perhaps they just wanted to finish the game.
From the newscientist.com
She said she hoped both of them would have as many sleepless nights as she had.
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More examples
  • Insomniac: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare
  • Lidless: always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson
  • (sleeplessly) without sleep; in a sleepless manner; "he was lying in bed sleeplessly"
  • (sleeplessness) wakefulness: a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep; "accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come"
  • Sleepless (Non ho Sonno) is a 2001 horror film by Dario Argento. The film stars Max von Sydow and Stefano Dionisi and marks Argento's return to the giallo subgenre. ...
  • Sleepless is an album by English folk musician Kate Rusby, released in 1999. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize the same year.
  • Sleepless is the sixth album by Peter Wolf, released in 2002. The album ranked 432 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
  • Sleepless is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1984. Its tracks are from the album Three of a Perfect Pair (1984).
  • "Sleepless" is the 4th episode of the second season, and 28th overall of the science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode first aired in the United States and Canada on October 7, 1994. ...