dreamless
Americanadjective
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The rest of the night was about as memorable as a dreamless sleep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
And while standing horses can achieve "slow-wave," or deep, dreamless sleep, but an adequately rested horse requires at least 25 minutes of REM sleep per day, which can only happen while lying down, Matlock said.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023
But, he added, “they have not been anesthetized by mediocrity into dreamless boredom.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
And there it is in death, the ultimate surrender and eternal rest, the dreamless sleep, the reconciliation, the forgiving annihilation, the letting go no matter what.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2019
Then he closed his eyes, and curled into a ball on the grass, and drifted into a dreamless sleep.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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