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tossing and turning

vb. (present participle of toss and turn English)

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Tossing and turning

Tossing and turning may refer to:

  • " Tossin' and Turnin'", song by Bobby Lewis
  • "Tossing and Turning", song by The Ivy League
  • Tossing and turning in bed while attempting to fall asleep; see insomnia
  • Tossing and turning of vegetables or other food while sautéing
  • Tossing and Turning, a 1977 book of poetry by John Updike

Usage examples of "tossing and turning".

On your own, with nobody hassling you (except for Rita, and he guessed he could put up with her hassle), breathing good air and sleeping at night with no tossing and turning, just bang, fast asleep, like somebody had hit you on the head with a hammer.

She had slept badly, tossing and turning on her little bed all night.

Her eyes were red and half-lidded, her hair had the disheveled look of someone who'd spent the night doing more tossing and turning than actual sleeping, and her feet seemed to drag as she walked toward us from the elevator.

The long linoleum hallway was packed wall to wall with feverish children tossing and turning on blankets laid across the bare floor.

Derec slept on his side of the room, and Ariel slept on hers, but they didn't sleep much, keeping each other awake by tossing and turning, and generally flouncing around to enhance the other's anger.

After half an hour of tossing and turning he rose, dressed, and headed for the cafeteria.

Oh, I figured that out all right, tossing and turning all night because you'd told me to pick up my things at my convenience.

She'd just barely fallen asleep after a night spent mostly tossing and turning—.

She wanted until it kept her awake at night, tossing and turning as she fought the desperate emptiness of her body.