How To Use Shut-eye In A Sentence

  • Brother-in-law, by now, had already slipped out, so I had a little shut-eye myself, waking to find my beloved still kipping.
  • Hain's officials insisted he heard everything but didn't actually deny that he was catching some quick shut-eye.
  • However, I took it as an opportunity to catch a little shut-eye. Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Diagnosis: Breast Cancer -- My World Stopped
  • So I'm down one hour's worth of shut-eye and I'm mighty cranky.
  • The damn earache has been waking me up as soon as I can get shut-eye, so that only exacerbates the problem. Some Kind Of Update « The Graveyard
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  • Unfortunately, it's been more of the latter lately, so watch out for the signs that you need more shut-eye.
  • It's time we open our eyes to the benefits of getting enough shut-eye.
  • At five-thirty, he said casually: `Well, guys, I've got to cut out and get some shut-eye. THE OUTSIDER
  • Struggled into work and spent the entire day trying not to fall asleep at my desk (I managed to get some shut-eye in the loos though - feigning a dicky tummy and doing my best to look pale, which wasn't too difficult).
  • A pang of sadness twisted in my gut and I told it to shut the hell up, ambling back to my bedroom to try to catch a few more hours of shut-eye. Brush of Darkness
  • I have now reached the point where I am so tired that I'm beyond the point of just getting a few hours shut-eye to recover.
  • Or at least bored you to a yawn and some shut-eye. lol "This is my dream. I make the path."
  • When we used to go Vegas, he would gamble for two days without sleeping then he'd catch some shut-eye for a few hours then go back to the casino.
  • In another study, kids 6 to 13 didn't do nearly as well on simple tests when they were shut-eye deprived.
  • For one night, there's the prospect of 60 fewer minutes of shut-eye, but ahead are many months with an extra hour of evening sunlight. Daylight Savings Time 2011: Don't Forget To Set Your Clocks
  • Whitney was picked up by police at a bank in Largo, Florida, where he'd hunkered down to catch a bit of shut-eye.
  • Lack of sleep is so widespread that NIH has an entire unit, the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, devoted in part to figuring out why Americans aren't getting enough shut-eye. An insomniac learns to make the most of getting the least sleep
  • Most of us, he claims, do it surreptitiously at our desks, although some retire to their cars or, if they're really desperate for a bit of shut-eye, the toilet cubicle.
  • All this thinking had once again cost me a good night's sleep, only getting maybe 4hrs of shut-eye before my alarm roused me and the reality of another day at the coalface was a head of me set in.
  • Winning races, or even just getting extra hours in a day, is not a bad trade-off for a little less shut-eye, so Dr. Sleep has an interesting bargain for a tired world.
  • Studies show that a little shut-eye can help you tackle problems and make tough decisions.
  • Researchers speculate that the extra shut-eye may help reduce chronic stress—which has been implicated in heart disease—by giving workers a break from angst-ridden jobs.
  • You need close to eight hours of shut-eye each night, along with periodization training, in which you incorporate a couple of days or weeks doing light or no exercise, to get stronger.
  • Daily physical fitness is just as crucial to good health as getting three square meals and eight hours of shut-eye.
  • I didn't stay very long, as I was dead on my feet following the early start, and I was badly in need of a couple of hours shut-eye before the company Christmas party that night.
  • A new survey reports that Asians get the least sleep, with those in Japan getting the least amount of shut-eye in the world.
  • But chronic snoring can be a real detriment to getting a good night's shut-eye.
  • For the pain of failing to catch some shut-eye at night is known only to those unlucky ones who experience sleep disorders.
  • Experts agree that young teens need at least eight-and-a-half hours of shut-eye each night.
  • Instead of worrying about how you get shut-eye, try to get more of it.
  • Women who fail to get enough shut-eye each night risk gaining weight, a Cleveland-based researcher reported.
  • Permission to Nap: Taking Time to Restore Your Spirit "Like our French sisters, who enjoy a 35-hour work week, or in Spain, where a siesta is a must, we can come to enjoy, embrace and revel in a little lovely shut-eye." -- from the publisher Méridienne - French Word-A-Day
  • Almost a third of children under age 4 wake up in the middle of the night and, consequently, don't get enough shut-eye, according to a National Sleep Foundation survey.
  • But, even though the patch would be sold as a prescription, it wouldn't surprise me to see people getting their hands on it without trying other sleep hygiene tactics first, which can be far more effective and healthier overall for the body, particularly for those of us that can really get our shut-eye at night. Dr. Michael J. Breus: Something New in Melatonin?
  • Twenty minutes of shut-eye will cost me fourteen bucks, and I can order a snack for delivery right after I sleep. Peter Mandel: The World's Toughest Trip? It's Trying to Go Home

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