If a person can’t sleep steadily but keeps on waking, he might say, “Every night this week I’ve ________ (several times).”
| WOKE UP | 460 |
| AWAKENED | 180 |
| WAKED UP | 90 |
| WOKEN UP | 49 |
| WAKENED | 47 |
| WOKE | 43 |
| NR | 30 |
| AWOKE | 21 |
| CATNAPPED | 21 |
| BEEN AWAKE | 20 |
| WAKED | 14 |
| WAKENED UP | 9 |
| AWAKED | 8 |
| TOSSED AND TURNED | 8 |
| WOKEN | 8 |
| BEEN RESTLESS | 6 |
| GOT AWAKE | 5 |
| BEEN WAKEFUL | 4 |
| AWOKEN | 3 |
| BROKEN SLEEP | 3 |
| GOT UP | 3 |
| GOTTEN AWAKE | 3 |
| HAD A RESTLESS NIGHT | 3 |
| I WAS AWAKE | 3 |
| KEPT WAKING UP | 3 |
| ROLLED AND TUMBLED | 3 |
| SLEPT FITFULLY | 3 |
| WAKEN | 3 |
| WAKEN UP | 3 |
| DREAMED | 2 |
| HAD INSOMNIA | 2 |
| I AWOKE | 2 |
| I KEPT WAKING UP | 2 |
| I WOKE | 2 |
| I WOKE UP | 2 |
| JUST CATNAPPED | 2 |
| LAID AWAKE | 2 |
| ROLLED AND TOSSED | 2 |
| TOSSED | 2 |
| WAKE UP | 2 |
| AROUSED | 1 |
| AWAKED UP | 1 |
| AWAKEN | 1 |
| AWAKENED UP | 1 |
| AWOKENED | 1 |
| BEEN AROUSED | 1 |
| BEEN DISTURBED | 1 |
| BEEN DOZING | 1 |
| BEEN NAPPING | 1 |
| BEEN NERVOUS | 1 |
| BEEN SLEEPLESS | 1 |
| BEEN SO WAKEFUL AND RESTLESS | 1 |
| BEEN WAKING UP | 1 |
| BEEN WOKE UP | 1 |
| CATNAP | 1 |
| CATNAPPING | 1 |
| CATNAPS | 1 |
| CATNAPS ALL NIGHT | 1 |
| DIDN’T REST GOOD | 1 |
| DIDN’T SLEEP GOOD | 1 |
| DIDN’T SLEEP TOO WELL | 1 |
| DOZED | 1 |
| DOZED OFF AND ON | 1 |
| DOZED OFF AND WAKED UP | 1 |
| DROWSED OFF | 1 |
| FITFUL SLEEPING | 1 |
| GOT UP AND GONE TO THE BATHROOM | 1 |
| GOTTEN AWOKE | 1 |
| GOTTEN UP | 1 |
| HAD A MISERABLE NIGHT | 1 |
| HAD A SLEEPLESS NIGHT | 1 |
| HAD BROKEN SLEEP | 1 |
| HAD CATNAPS | 1 |
| HAD DISTURBED SLEEP | 1 |
| HAD THE BIG EYE | 1 |
| HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING | 1 |
| HALF-SLEPT | 1 |
| HAVEN’T SLEPT | 1 |
| I DIDN’T SLEEP WELL | 1 |
| I GOT AWAKE | 1 |
| I HAD BROKEN SLEEP | 1 |
| I HAVEN’T SLEPT WELL | 1 |
| I JUST WAKE UP | 1 |
| I NIGHTHAWKED | 1 |
| I SLEEP BY DOZES | 1 |
| I SLEPT OFF AND ON | 1 |
| I WAKE UP | 1 |
| I WAKED HIM UP | 1 |
| I WAKED UP | 1 |
| I WAS AWAKE A LOT | 1 |
| I WAS UP | 1 |
| I’M AWAKE EVERY NIGHT | 1 |
| I’VE BEEN RESTLESS | 1 |
| I’VE COME AWAKE | 1 |
| JUST BEEN NAPPING | 1 |
| JUST DIDN’T SLEEP | 1 |
| JUST DOZED | 1 |
| JUST NAPPED | 1 |
| JUST SLEPT CATNAPS | 1 |
| LAIN AWAKE | 1 |
| LAY AWAKE | 1 |
| MY SLEEP WAS DISTURBED | 1 |
| NODDED | 1 |
| NOT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP | 1 |
| RARED UP | 1 |
| RESTED UNEASILY | 1 |
| RESTLESS NIGHTS | 1 |
| ROUSED | 1 |
| ROUSED UP | 1 |
| SLEPT BADLY | 1 |
| SLEPT BY FITS AND JERKS | 1 |
| SLEPT BY FITS AND STARTS | 1 |
| SLEPT BY SPELLS | 1 |
| SLEPT IN FITS | 1 |
| SLEPT LIGHT | 1 |
| SLEPT OFF AND ON | 1 |
| SLEPT SPASMODICALLY | 1 |
| SOMETHING WOKE ME UP | 1 |
| STAYED AWOKE | 1 |
| STAYED WAKE | 1 |
| STAYED WOKE | 1 |
| TOSSED AND TUMBLED | 1 |
| UNRESTLESS | 1 |
| WALKED THE FLOOR | 1 |
| WAS ASLEEP AND AWAKE | 1 |
| WAS AWAKE | 1 |
| WAS WAKEFUL | 1 |
| WOKED UP | 1 |
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