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
After its introduction, it quickly became the most popular prescription sleeping pill on the market.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
When she got pregnant with her fifth baby, she’d been having trouble sleeping, so she took a sleeping pill her husband had recently bought over the counter on a trip to England.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2022
“If you took a sleeping pill in the middle of the day, it would make you feel sleepy. If you took melatonin in the middle of the day, it doesn’t really have that effect.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
“Good intention” is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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