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sleeping

[ slee-ping ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

asleep.
of, relating to, or having accommodations for sleeping:
a sleeping compartment.
used to sleep in or on:
a sleeping jacket.
used to induce or aid sleep or while asleep:
sleeping mask.

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Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; sleep, -ing ¹, -ing ²

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"I have PTSD, I find it difficult to ask for help, I have anxiety and difficulties sleeping," she said.

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"I'm not sleeping well, I'm not eating well. I'm just existing."

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He described the “seminal moment” as the wrenching sight of his brother sleeping one night, an image that filled his heart with pity.

More than a decade of homelessness followed, at times spent sleeping in a median strip that stretches along the neighborhood’s main drag.

Thitisant had consulted doctors over anxiety issues and trouble sleeping, the department said.

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