tosses and turns
Can't settle down
Tosses and turns describes restless, sleepless movement in bed—the repeated shifting of position when you can't fall asleep or stay asleep: I tossed and turned all night worrying about the interview.
The phrase almost always appears in this fixed order and typically in past tense.
- shiftingChanging position or form
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- counting sheepSleep-inducing visualization technique
- sleeplessnessInability to rest
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
restless night · can't sleep · wide awake · anxiety · wriggling · overthinking · repositioning · rolling · illness · fidgeting · stress · squirming · worry · twisting · rumination · nightmares · sleep deprivation · environmental noise
sleep quality
tosses and turnsdeep sleep
Unconsciousness hard to rouse
dead to the world · out like a light · conks out · restorative sleep · slumbers
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