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
But heaven was as red iron, slumberless, And had no heart to bless; And earth lay sere and darkling as distraught, And help in her was nought.
From Songs of the Springtides and Birthday Ode Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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
After a day of wild panic and slumberless nights the citizens remained at their windows.
From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various
So, no ghost disturbed her restless slumberless nights, consumed in watching and listening.
From The Place of Honeymoons by Arthur Ignatius Keller
