Definition of sleeping pill in US English:
sleeping pill
nounˈslipɪŋ ˌpɪlˈslēpiNG ˌpil
A tablet of a drug that helps to induce sleep.
Example sentencesExamples
- He'd drugged her with sleeping pills and when she had awakened she'd found herself locked in the cellar.
- Some nightshade plants are ingredients in potent narcotic medicine and sleeping pills.
- Another psychiatrist also gave her sedatives and sleeping pills.
- Simon, a middle-aged salesman, came to see me requesting a prescription for a sleeping pill.
- She was not only on Oxycontin, but on a sleeping pill and a sedative for anxiety.
- She was attended by her doctor, who gave her valium and sleeping pills to deal with her distress.
- It is not recommended to use over-the-counter sleeping pills for insomnia.
- I'd give her one sleeping pill and one pain pill.
- The sleeping pill flurazepam produces sedation that lasts too long increasing the risk of falls.
- This reader's mother may need a sleeping pill because the antidepressant she is taking can cause insomnia.
- Try not to take sleeping pills for longer than a night or two.
- In the case of a sleeping pill or some other medicine you use only occasionally, this can serve as a reminder to ask your physician for a new prescription at your next visit.
- Instead, they are prescribing medications like Valium, tranquilizers and sleeping pills.
- She still suffered from shortness of breath and was currently taking sleeping pills and anti depressants, she told the court.
- The trouble is that some of the sleeping pills that people use to combat insomnia may also leave them groggy and slow the next day.
- Your body makes tranquilizers and sleeping pills and immunomodulators and antibodies.
- Up to 50 percent of all women over 60 in Canada may be prescribed tranquilizers or sleeping pills.
- Escaping them for a few hours courtesy of a sleeping pill is wonderful.
- Laughter has benefited many people who were on heavy tranquilizers and sleeping pills.
- A few minutes later, a nurse came in, carrying with her some sleeping pills and some painkillers and water.