How to Use insomnia in a Sentence
insomnia
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For some, this dense study might seem like a cure for insomnia.
—Ted Slowik, Daily Southtown, 5 May 2018
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Your health takes a hit in the form of weight gain, insomnia, decreased focus, and more.
—Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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Sitko and many others were given the drug, in part, to treat insomnia.
—Charles Piller, Science | AAAS, 5 July 2018
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Stress is often the root of short bouts of insomnia, Patel said.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
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And a noise machine can cure insomnia -- even for adults.
—cleveland, 13 July 2022
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There was a lot of weird insomnia around the world, a lot of escaping of the century.
—Lily Moayeri, Variety, 24 Feb. 2022
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No wonder Michael was plagued with insomnia for most of his life.
—latimes.com, 7 July 2018
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He’s been struggling with headaches and insomnia this year.
—Larry Lage, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
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The best remedy for insomnia, as with most things in life, is learning to live with it.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Both of them worked in medicine and my mom was a therapist and my dad studied insomnia.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2022
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Dear Reader, The worst thing about insomnia, for me, is the sense of overexposure to my own brain.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Cannabis has also been shown to help with certain types of insomnia.
—NBC News, 31 Aug. 2020
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Many common drugs may be the cause of insomnia or other types of sleep issues.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Dec. 2021
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The word insomnia was Googled more in 2020 than ever before.
—Naz Beheshti, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
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But on insomnia soaked mornings, sometimes the world feels too big.
—Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
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With insomnia on the rise, the sleep industry is booming.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 23 July 2024
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Tom credits his insomnia for learning about the toast-off.
—Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2022
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The researchers found that an hour of phone use in bed increases risk of insomnia by 59% and shaves 24 minutes off your night's sleep.
—New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2025
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Anyone who has ever woken up in the middle of the night and struggled to go back to sleep knows the toll insomnia can take the following day.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2023
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The researchers said people with insomnia are more likely to have a heart attack.
—Kyla Russell, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
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In his first weeks in prison, Liu had persistent insomnia.
—Stacey Anderson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2021
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For some, a sleep routine can be a game-changer and a great way to manage insomnia and sleep apnea and improve sleep.
—Sophie Okolo, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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For some, the symptoms will subside in a short amount of time while others may have chronic symptoms like insomnia and headaches.
—Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 18 May 2021
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Scientists race against the clock in order to find a cure to the mass insomnia before the effects eliminate the human race.
—Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 17 Feb. 2023
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By the age of 10, she was prescribed sleeping pills to manage crippling insomnia.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2023
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For me, sticking to a routine has proved the most effective way to combat my insomnia.
—Simon Hill, Wired, 15 July 2022
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And one of the most frequent symptoms of anxiety is insomnia.
—New York Times, 16 Apr. 2022
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Many of them come to the clinic complaining of severe insomnia.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Two months in, my stress, emotional suppression and insomnia caught up to me.
—New York Times, 21 May 2025
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While this 2019 study found that tart cherry supplements could relieve insomnia, more research is needed.
—Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
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