The day had begun to feel tinny: a pretend day, a dream day, that for some unaccountable reason she had to go on and on with as if it were real.
For some must watch while some must sleep thus runs the world away.
(n.) The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.
That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively to that most blessed and blessing of all natural graces sleep.
Weariness seemed to settle on him like a coating of dust.