wink of sleep

Example Sentences

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Never miss a wink of sleep when traveling with this gorgeous eye mask.

From Fox News • Nov. 28, 2018

I couldn’t sleep all night long—didn’t get a wink of sleep, stayed up—because I knew that if I told that story, I was crossing the Rubicon.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2018

The first day I lost $22,000 but I didn't lose a wink of sleep because I knew it was going to be easy, if the cards held up, to win my money back.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2016

“I never lost a wink of sleep over it. I’d do it again tomorrow,” Mr. LaCivita recently told The Wall Street Journal.

From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2015

But it’s too risky; so we try to get a wink of sleep.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque