sleep fitfully

Frequency: 6.52.1 per million words

To sleep in a restless or interrupted manner, often waking up.

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  • She could only sleep fitfully after the stressful day at work.
  • The baby would sleep fitfully throughout the night, waking every hour.
  • He managed to sleep fitfully on the uncomfortable train seat.
  • After drinking too much coffee, I could only sleep fitfully that night.
  • The patient continued to sleep fitfully despite the medication.
  • During the thunderstorm, the children would sleep fitfully in their beds.
  • She had been sleeping fitfully for weeks due to her anxiety.
  • The old man would sleep fitfully in his chair by the window.
  • I could only sleep fitfully knowing the exam was tomorrow.
  • The injured soldier would sleep fitfully in the field hospital.