Examples of rapid eye movement sleep in a Sentence
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According to the Sleep Foundation, your body burns the most calories during rapid eye movement sleep when your heart rate increases.
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2022
Yet even that tiny amount of light created a deficit of slow wave and rapid eye movement sleep, the stages of slumber in which most cellular renewal occurs, Zee said.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
The field of sleep research was launched nearly 75 years ago, after the discovery of rapid eye movement sleep (REM) upended the prevailing belief that sleep was a passive state.
—Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
Alcohol decreased sleep efficiency and rapid eye movement sleep, and increased wake time and next-day sleepiness.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2013
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2022
Yet even that tiny amount of light created a deficit of slow wave and rapid eye movement sleep, the stages of slumber in which most cellular renewal occurs, Zee said.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
The field of sleep research was launched nearly 75 years ago, after the discovery of rapid eye movement sleep (REM) upended the prevailing belief that sleep was a passive state.
—Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
Alcohol decreased sleep efficiency and rapid eye movement sleep, and increased wake time and next-day sleepiness.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2013
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“Rapid eye movement sleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapid%20eye%20movement%20sleep. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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