insomnia
noun
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
insomnias
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pluralof insomnia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He contemplated the black immensity pierced by a multitude of lights, without giving a thought to all the heavy slumbers, cruel insomnias, vain dreams, spoilt pleasures, and infinitely diverse miseries that a great city contains.
From Penguin Island by Anatole France
They prattled of the dietary and idiosyncrasies of their several insomnias as though they had been so many exacting pet animals.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18 by Various
