Quinn and the President's son spent a fitful night in the cellar.

Banouin had also spent a fitful night, and his spirits were low as the dawn came.

It has been a fitful night; only four hours of sleep.

At 10 the lights went out, and I settled into my beach chair for a fitful night.

Anyone who's ever experienced a fitful night of sleep knows that "just relax" is easier said than done.

Darien passed a cold, fitful night, shot through with dreams he could not remember when the morning came.

They retired to bed soon after midnight but for most of them it was a fitful night.

The dome people had spent a fitful and uncomfortable night.

And so she breathed for one fitful night - the last they willfully spent apart.

She was admitted to the hospital, where we spent a fitful night at her bedside.