sleeping pill
nounDefinition of sleeping pill
: a drug and especially a barbiturate that is taken as a tablet or capsule to induce sleep
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One patient, a 62-year-old Vietnam War veteran with osteoarthritis in his shoulder and spine, was prescribed two narcotics plus a drug to treat nerve pain and a sleeping pill on his first visit, according to the medical board complaint. — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, "Doctor facing murder charges in opioid cases was already under investigation," 15 Aug. 2019 Every night, Hamdullah Hemat gulps down a 500-milligram prescription sleeping pill. — Fatima Faizi, New York Times, "‘It’s Like a Nightmare’: For Bombing Survivors, Anguish That Won’t Stop," 6 Aug. 2019 Ines grudgingly gives Egon a photo of Mikkel, and Egon notices that Ines may be giving Mikkel sleeping pills during the day. — Abbey Maxbauer, refinery29.com, "R29 Binge Club: Netflix's Dark Season 2 Recap," 25 June 2019 Duke did take a sleeping pill the first night but woke up twice from errant master alarms and once from static in his earpiece. — Roger Simmons, The Seattle Times, "Apollo 11 astronauts were sleepless in the Sea of Tranquility on moon," 12 Apr. 2019 Drinking or taking sleeping pills on flights can lead to unpredictable behaviors, especially because your body may react to those differently given the atypical altitude and pressurization of an airplane cabin. — Aditi Shrikant, Vox, "Why there are so many viral confrontations on airplanes," 2 Nov. 2018 Breus compares regular use of sleeping pills to taking diet pills: not a long-term solution. — Sari Botton, Harper's BAZAAR, "Secrets To Better Sleep," 27 Dec. 2011 Surprising Factoid: Even zonked on sleeping pills, one can still order fur coats and a restaurant’s worth of Chinese food. — Alison Murphy, WSJ, "3 Books That Teach You How to Concentrate in a Digital Age," 16 Nov. 2018 Most people making self-poisoning attempts in the US ingest drugs, like Tylenol or sleeping pills, which are more difficult to consume in lethal quantities than pesticides are. — Dylan Matthews, Vox, "How pesticide bans can prevent tens of thousands of suicides a year," 15 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sleeping pill.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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