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insomniac

[ UK /ɪnsˈɒmnɪˌæk/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈsɑmniˌæk/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone who cannot sleep
ADJECTIVE
  1. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
    twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights
    insomniac old people
    insomniac nights
    lay sleepless all night

How To Use insomniac In A Sentence

  • Old guys spend more time sitting up late after the family's asleep, and in these hours your old guy will plan and replan his upcoming expedition, put new laces on his wading shoes, tie flies, dress in all his Arctic gear in order to see what it's like to move around in, call another insomniac old guy and check out up-to-the-minute river conditions, and so on. The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
  • The insomniac is unable to get sufficient sleep for their daily needs.
  • This is especially-true for insomniacs, who seem to have a lower tolerance to the stimulating effects of caffeine than most people.
  • I was told last night by one of our choirmen about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac, who lays awake at night wondering if there's a dog…
  • So if we take a look at the brain of an insomniac do we find anything different from the brain of a sound sleeper?
  • Only a minority of insomniacs ever mentions sleep loss to a doctor, though, and then it's only in the context of other problems more likely to get addressed.
  • Or, to put a positive spin on that idea, you might consider life as something that happens when you can't get to sleep - ergo, insomniacs live life to a greater degree.
  • But peace comes like sleep does to an insomniac.
  • Enter Insomniac Movie Theater, where I subject myself to some of the worst, campiest and outright terrible movies the world has to offer … and the occasional cult classic. Insomniac Movie Theater: Commando » Scene-Stealers
  • And that's what we call insomniac math — three plus three equals eight. Late Night with Richie
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