He also tried hypnosis. He wanted to see if putting patients into a sleep-like condition would help ease troubled minds.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

because we'd have different sleep times and then sometimes I would sleep loud and she... you know.

因为我们睡觉的时间不一样，有时候我睡觉的声音大，她就会……你懂得。

与室友和睦相处 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Whenever I tried to sleep I would see huge, wobbly, white bags, like the full udders of cows, suspended from the ceiling above me.

每次我即将入睡,总会看到白色的大袋子摇晃着，如同母牛涨涨的乳房从房顶垂下来。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So much light in the sky would not let his daughter sleep.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

Exhaustion would make me drift toward sleep and then I would scream until I was wide awake again.

体力不济之后，我会入睡,下次又是尖叫着惊起。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Golden sunshine and soft breezes would stroke him to sleep.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

That would take care of the sleep case.

这样睡眠的案例也可以解决了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选