How to Use sleepless in a Sentence

sleepless

adjective
  • He lay sleepless in bed.
  • Kylie of course has no idea about all the hard work and sleepless nights.
    — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 24 Sep. 2017
  • So what if that means having a few sleepless nights along the way?
    — Laura M. Holson, Marie Claire, 8 Nov. 2019
  • But the residue would find its way into my sleepless nights.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Those hot, sleepless nights will soon become a thing of the past.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 26 June 2020
  • Porters endured sleepless days and nights, weeks away from home and low pay.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The play that led to sleepless nights was finally put to bed.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2021
  • The cast could have piled off the F train after a sleepless night.
    — National Geographic, 7 Jan. 2020
  • That is sure to produce some sleepless nights in the city’s halls of power.
    — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • The scenario is enough to give most coaches sleepless nights.
    — Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Construction of the idol took place over two sleepless nights.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 June 2021
  • But for most, the process called for sleepless nights next to the computer.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2021
  • My sleepless nights and unhealthy eating habits and weight gain.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Gilbert, on the other hand, should be headed for some sleepless nights.
    — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 20 June 2017
  • There were sleepless nights of laughter and love-making.
    — Emily Bryn Williams, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • The sleepless nights, the changing classrooms, and those dang blue books.
    — Maribel Molina, ajc, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The sweaty palms, the nervous laughter, the sleepless nights?
    — oregonlive.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • An all-stock portfolio would mean sleepless nights for a saver no longer in the work force.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • Prescott Fire has the thing for you' Five years have passed since that sleepless night.
    — Alden Woods, azcentral, 29 June 2018
  • There have been plenty of sleepless nights for Betts so far this season.
    — Katie Woo, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • But this bad habit has given me many sleepless nights due to neck pain and backaches.
    — Amanda Tarlton, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2020
  • This funny gift may turn out to be more than just a gag once those sleepless nights with the new baby start.
    — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Going from two incomes to one has been a challenge and the cause of some sleepless nights.
    — Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 20 June 2021
  • Melatonin has long been framed as a low-risk solution for sleepless nights.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Melatonin has long been framed as a low-risk solution for sleepless nights.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • For many of us, the pandemic’s anxious days have led to sleepless nights.
    — Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The magic, the love, the fear, the sleepless nights and the memories of it all.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2022
  • But one sleepless night, after four years of dating, Adam turned to me in bed.
    — Mitchell Kuga, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2019
  • Here’s how to fall in love with Buenos Aires in one sleepless, raucous night.
    — Michaela Trimble, GQ, 12 July 2017
  • My overworked adrenal glands pushed me through sleepless nights and the boredom of those early days.
    — Susannah Cahalan, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020

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