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- noun Plural form of
insomnia .
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Examples
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They prattled of the dietary and idiosyncrasies of their several insomnias as though they had been so many exacting pet animals.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18 Various
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He contemplated the black immensity pierced by a multitude of lights, without giving a thought to all the heavy slumbers, cruel insomnias, vain dreams, spoilt pleasures, and infinitely diverse miseries that a great city contains.
Penguin Island 1909
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Most nervous insomnias are traced to lack of sexual gratification.
Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex Sigmund Freud 1897
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He contemplated the black immensity pierced by a multitude of lights, without giving a thought to all the heavy slumbers, cruel insomnias, vain dreams, spoilt pleasures, and infinitely diverse miseries that a great city contains.
Penguin Island Anatole France 1884
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A role for circadian gene dysfunction has been established among the human sleep disorders, a subset of insomnias associated with circadian changes in the timing of sleep in humans
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Siddheshwar J. Utge et al. 2010
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But then we reflect that Hugh's unconscious thoughts, his dreams, his insomnias ( "night is always a giant"), are saturated with inarticulate dreads:
The Guardian World News Martin Amis 2009
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