slumber
verb (used without object)
to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
slumberless
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a word derived from
slumber.
Example Sentences
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That night, pondering the experience, I was the one who tossed and turned, slumberless, a few feet from the man who once held the fate of humanity in his hands.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2018
From the slumberless bed for thy bedfellow spread and his bride under earth Hast thou brought forth a wild and insatiable child, an unbearable birth.
From Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
So, no ghost disturbed her restless slumberless nights, consumed in watching and listening.
From The Place of Honeymoons by Arthur Ignatius Keller
But alas! his sorrow had cost him many slumberless nights, and now that he thought himself secure of his happiness again, long-absent sleep came, and overpowered him suddenly where he stood on the street.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
Ye slumberless, inviolate fires, And the dread awe your name inspires!
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
