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
I’m not the only person I know who, at least before Putin rattled the world’s cage, listened to the BBC World Service app at bedtime because it’s an aural sleeping pill.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
“Some nonsense about a bachelor party. I just want to take a sleeping pill and go to bed.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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