If a person can’t sleep steadily but keeps on waking, she might say, “Every night this week I’ve ________ (several times).”
This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.
| AWAKENED | 5 |
| WOKEN UP | 5 |
| WOKE UP | 4 |
| WOKEN | 3 |
| AWAKE | 1 |
| AWOKEN | 1 |
| ROLL AROUND | 1 |
| TOSS AND TURN | 1 |
| TOSSED AND TURNED | 1 |
| WAKEN UP | 1 |
| WOKE | 1 |
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