Twenty-two had another sleepless night written in on his record that night.Cited from Love Stories, by Mary Roberts Rinehart
I passed a rather sleepless night, so did not rise until a late hour.Cited from Number Seventeen, by Louis Tracy
Her face was white and set, and she had passed a sleepless night.The day before, her manuscript, that was to have made the fortunes of her little world, was returned to her from the publishers.…Cited from Cicely and Other Stories, by Annie Fellows Johnston
How tenderly sustaining in those very moments, when without him I must have found myself so utterly miserable!How many a sleepless night has he passed on my account!How often has he soothed to sleep a sickly child in his arms!…Cited from The Home or, Life in Sweden, by Fredrika Bremer
All this time of investigating their supper and making this bargain, sister Backus was busily engaging the attention of the matron.I left that hospital with a heavy heart, and spent a sleepless night.I told sister Backus I must remain there until that hospital was renovated.…Cited from A Woman's Life-Work, by Laura S. Haviland
She seemed to be worked up over something -- perhaps had had a sleepless night.As nearly as I could make out she was going about aimlessly.…Cited from The Treasure-Train, by Arthur B. Reeve
Further, there was the prospect of several guests of position arriving in the course of the day, who would expect sport of some kind, and the inroads of the distemper (which continued among his game) had been lately so serious that he was afraid for his reputation as a game-preserver.But what really touched him most nearly was the other matter of his sleepless night.He could certainly not sleep in that room again.…Cited from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Pt 1,by M. R. James
So they despatched a messenger-boy up town in post-haste with a note saying that "the firm" had decided to let the matter drop.Although, perhaps, it would have been better to have given him one sleepless night at least.That was three years ago, and since then Mr. Aram's father has fallen out with Tammany, and has been retired from public service.…Cited from Cinderella, by Richard Harding Davis
Her eyes told him that she had passed a sleepless night.But she was smiling bravely, and when she offered him her hand he caught her suddenly in his arms and held her close to his breast while he kissed her lips, and then her shining hair.…Cited from God's Country--And The Woman, James O. Curwood
IT was some time after her father left for the city, before Fanny came down from her room.She was pale, and looked as if she had passed a sleepless night.Her mother's concerned inquiries were answered evasively, and it was very apparent that she wished to avoid question and observation.…Cited from The Good Time Coming, by T.S. Arthur
Mrs. Armine telegraphed to the villa, and took the night train back to Luxor.She arrived in the morning about nine, after another sleepless night.As she drove by the Winter Palace Hotel, she saw a man walking alone upon the terrace, and, to her great surprise, recognized Meyer Isaacson.…Cited from Bella Donna, by Robert Hichens
The dignity of the family, too, was at stake.Many sleepless nights did this difficult matter cause the august old lady.…Cited from An Outcast, by F. Colburn Adams
Added to the fact that I was loath to leave my good friend was the weight of the question he had aroused in my mind, whether I was not making a fatal mistake.I suffered more than one sleepless night during that time.Finally, I settled the question on purely selfish grounds, in accordance with my millionaire's philosophy.…Cited from The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, by James Weldon Johnson
She had stripped it of the sheets and blankets.He lay down with his clothes on and passed a sleepless night.The next morning at the breakfast-table he looked haggard and pale.…Cited from 'Doc.' Gordon, by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
McGaw began pacing the floor, his long arms hooked behind his back.He had passed a sleepless night, and every hour now added to his anxiety.His face was a dull gray yellow, and his eyes were sunken.…Cited from Tom Grogan, by F. Hopkinson Smith
I broke the seal with a great effort-- so great a one that I was a long time coming to it; took the unopened missive at last up to my room and only attacked it just before going to bed.I had better have let it wait till morning, for it gave me a second sleepless night.With no counsel to take, the next day, I was full of distress; and it finally got so the better of me that I determined to open myself at least to Mrs. Grose.…Cited from Turn of the Screw, by Henry James
Tribeca Film purchased the American rights to the film for theatrical and video-on-demand distribution.Sleepless Night was received very well by critics on its original release.The film ranking website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 96% of critics had given the film positive reviews, based upon a sample of 24.…
We were really sorry to leave them; particularly as it is next to impossible that we shall ever see them again; and it seemed as if in a few hours a friendship had been formed between us and these recluses, whose sensations are so few, they must be the more lasting.The thoughts of these poor women cost me a sad and sleepless night.They have sent me some wax figures, dressed in the costumes of the different orders, beginning with their own.…Cited from Life in Mexico, by Frances Calder¢n De La Barca
From the angle of an audience, he was beginning to observe a phase of this double play of personalities which was unseen by either of the participants.Two sleepless nights, after such a first evening together, and what then?He imagined the denouement, with a growing enjoyment of his vantage-point as the game advanced.…Cited from The Voice on the Wire, by Eustace Hale Ball
And I went off to finish my sleepless night, lying beside my horses.Cited from In the Field (1914-1915), by Marcel Dupont
