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Meanings of fitful sleep in English

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Usage of fitful sleep in English
1
The girl moaned in her fitful sleep and Miss Smith soothed her.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
2
Some fitful sleep came to her at last in the morning hours.
Marriage à la mode
3
Eventually, exhausted beyond measure, Eva quieted and fell into a fitful sleep.
Beauty and the feast
4
Zeitoun tucked himself into the tent and fell into a fitful sleep.
Zeitoun
5
Even while he spoke he appeared to drop into a fitful sleep.
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
6
The hot wind picked up, rousing Jane Ann from a fitful sleep.
The devil's heart
7
Soon everyone except Raistlin and Tasslehoff fell into a fitful sleep.
Dragons of autumn twilight
8
Its body twitched as it snored, grumbled, and snorted in a fitful sleep.
A nameless witch
9
Lena's voice woke me from a few hours of fitful sleep.
Beautiful creatures
10
Even though it wasn't sunrise, I fell into a fitful sleep.
Dead girl talking
11
Exhaustion finally overwhelmed his pains, and Tyrion drifted off into a fitful sleep.
A Dance with Dragons
12
A man has been roused from an already fitful sleep by his wife.
The Guardian
13
She was bald and bone thin, her paper-thin eyelids closed in fitful sleep.
Heaven's Queen
14
Raif laid his head on the blanket and fell into a fitful sleep.
A Fortress of Grey Ice
15
In the grey hours before the dawn, Dr Hughes awoke from his fitful sleep.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
16
It happened around midday when he was in the middle of a fitful sleep.
The Irish Times
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common