sleeping pill

Example Sentences

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My insomnia, caused by COVID, has been so bad and so utterly strange to me, my doctor prescribed a prescription sleeping pill at night, the first such medication I've taken.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2023

After its introduction, it quickly became the most popular prescription sleeping pill on the market.

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

For a moment, as Deborah’s face began to sag and her body slumped, Davon thought maybe she’d accidentally taken her sleeping pill before coming to church.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot