Catnaps

I suppose I did sleep, in catnaps, but I swear I heard every bell struck until three-thirty. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I suppose I did sleep, in catnaps, but I swear I heard every bell struck until three - thirty. ❋ Unknown (1914)

As the sky started to lighten in the east, the wind eased right off, so I managed to catch just enough sleep in short catnaps to keep me going. ❋ Jessica Watson (2010)

She slept one night in three, when Katie and her mother kept the watching, and at other times she took "catnaps" in the rocking-chair, or on Mrs Fleming's bed, when grannie was at her brightest and could care for Davie in the early part of the day. ❋ Unknown (1859)

We did our own makeup and grabbed catnaps on green-room sofas, studio floors, or the tour bus. ❋ Steve Dennis (2011)

Even my catnaps don't get to the underlying issue. ❋ Tom Matlack (2011)

The FAA, for instance, continues to strongly oppose the idea of allowing brief catnaps by one of the two pilots at the controls of airliners. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2011)

The rest of the day went up in a blaze of intermittent catnaps. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I also have earned a Ph.D. in napping -- quick catnaps, which, as we've read, are excellent fuel for anyone's brain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

James Franco Doesn't Eat, Sleep, or Act Human in Any Way: According to Anderson, the actor replaces REM cycles with "catnaps ... sometimes even in the middle of a conversation." ❋ Unknown (2010)