sleeping pill
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sleeping pill
First recorded in 1940–45
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
The articles I’ve read say not to take a sleeping pill and to use nonmedicinal techniques instead.
From Seattle Times • 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
She’s a self-described “loudmouth,” and also, she told me, “I went to take a vitamin just now, and I took a sleeping pill instead, so I can feel myself even getting a little bit chattier.”
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2021
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
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