<adj.all> insomniac old people insomniac nights lay sleepless all night twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights
always watchful
<adj.all> to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal
Sleepless \Sleep"less\, a. 1. Having no sleep; wakeful.
2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. ``Biscay's sleepless bay.'' --Byron. ※ -- {Sleep"less*ly}, adv. -- {Sleep"less*ness}, n.
THE Nikkei index's fall below 20,000 on Monday gave many financial executives a sleepless night as they worked out the impact on their companies.
The 20 inspectors, some after a sleepless night spent checking two missile sites and writing reports, watched the display in the packed Earls Court Exhibition Center in west London.
To Sandra Woods, it's a place so rough that cabbies won't come when called, fear of crime makes for sleepless nights and her grandchildren wait in the rain for school buses that don't run on time.
Chavalit has been serving the government by spending sleepless nights in Tokyo trying for some progress on Cambodia," the army officer said.
"If he makes a wrong decision, and his bees die, he has lost his livelihood. Scientists have no sleepless nights." Nonetheless, scientists and commercial beekeepers alike make pilgrimages to the abbey to meet Brother Adam.
Ayala Reta traveled thousands of miles to reach the land of her biblical forefathers, but her journey has ended with sleepless nights and frequent bouts of tears.
But as train engineers began complying and tooting at all intersections with roadways, suburban residents found themselves suffering through sleepless nights and angry days.
With its portfolio fully let, servicing the debt burden out of rental income should not cause sleepless nights.
Several years ago, reports of high-level chumminess between the two communist giants would have caused sleepless nights among U.S. officials, wary of a renewed military and political pact between the powerful neighbors.
We had a few sleepless nights along the way,' says Mr Dullum. In the process, the company has undergone a complete change.
Saturday's statement said Mother Teresa spent a "sleepless night" Friday but rested throughout the day Saturday.
Some napped after a sleepless night of chanting and singing; others sat listless amid discarded plastic water bottles and torn newspapers.
"The law and order situation is so bad that people spend sleepless nights because of the fear of getting robbed, kidnapped, or murdered," he said.
This nation faces major challenges and we must work together." Dukakis spent the day at home, not sleeping despite a 48-hour sleepless campaign finale criss-crossing America.
He also had to listen to death threats from neighboring inmates kept sleepless by the diseased man's ceaseless hacking.
So far, the regional wines aren't causing any sleepless nights at Lafite-Rothschild.