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sleepless
adjective
Always watchful
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ˈsliːpləs
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adjective
Always watchful
“{'source': 'Alfred Tennyson', 'text': 'to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal'}”
adjective
Experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
“Insomniac old people”
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{'source': 'Alfred Tennyson', 'text': 'to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal'}
Insomniac old people
Insomniac nights
Lay sleepless all night
{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights'}
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