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tossing and turning
adjective as in restless
Strongest matches
adjective as in sleepless
adjective as in unquiet
Weak matches
- active
- agitated
- antsy
- anxious
- bundle of nerves
- bustling
- changeable
- disturbed
- edgy
- fidgeting
- fidgety
- fitful
- footloose
- fretful
- hurried
- ill at ease
- inconstant
- intermittent
- irresolute
- itchy
- jumpy
- nervous
- nomadic
- on edge
- perturbed
- restive
- roving
- sleepless
- spasmodic
- strung-out
- transient
- troubled
- turbulent
- uneasy
- unpeaceful
- unrestful
- unruly
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- wandering
- worried
Example Sentences
She said she was glad that she had somewhere to stay but was "tossing and turning" and awake most of the night on the sofa.
It was not out of character for the baby to be "kicking her legs" and "tossing and turning" and she had made appropriate checks on her, Roughley added.
Most people have experienced a night or two of sleeplessness, tossing and turning while being unable to fall asleep or stay asleep.
Whereas if I'm tossing and turning, it can be for hours.
Because if he wakes me up, I'm going to start tossing and turning, and then neither of us is going to get any rest until one of us winds up on the couch.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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