sleeping pill
Example Sentences
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The articles I’ve read say not to take a sleeping pill and to use nonmedicinal techniques instead.
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
Many people, too, have sleeping problems that won’t be resolved with any sleeping pill.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022
North Korean officials, though, have repeatedly denied accusations that Warmbier was tortured, instead claiming that he had suffered from botulism and then slipped into a coma after taking a sleeping pill.
From Fox News • Apr. 26, 2019
The sleeping pill was an extraneous gesture; I didn’t need it, but the mere possibility of restlessness, of an afternoon full of bad dreams and distant plumbing noises, was too unpleasant to even contemplate.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
