Rip Van Winkle

Bombay that which made you feel you had got back into the world, albeit in many particulars as different from that you had hitherto known as Rip Van Winkle found after his long slumber.

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life 1877

It's hard to believe that Rip Van Winkle, which is out of a Stravinsky mare, will stay the Derby trip.

Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

All other Germans were in some kind of Rip Van Winkle dream and so were French, Dutch, Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Croatians, Hungarians; all except for Serbs who are irrational people anyway.

Slimy Love Redux: Between Us, Anti-Semites. 2009

And as we came back home, pa said to Mr. Miller: "Henry Bannerman is a kind of Rip Van Winkle -- a extra wheel -- he's been asleep ten years, anyway."

Mitch Miller Edgar Lee Masters 1909

Stallone thus comes across as a kind of Rip Van Winkle, had Van Winkle only been a die-hard

Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV 2010

Stallone thus comes across as a kind of Rip Van Winkle, had Van Winkle only been a die-hard Guns 'N Roses fan.

HeraldTimesOnline.com 2010

"I would have to be Rip Van Winkle to be surprised by it—it's the way things go," Mr. Kerrey said.

Kerrey Eyes Senate; Moderates Yield to Conservatives 2012

So do those Rip Van Winkle folk singers who keep turning up on PBS.

A Sporting Way to Get Rid of Dead Wood Joe Queenan 2012

Or, like Rip Van Winkle, we will awake to discover ourselves in a world we can neither comprehend nor live well in, the reality eviscerating our over-inflated self-image of American omnipotence and entitlement to greatness -- and fueling a public anger and frustration that will make the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street look like walks in the park.

Christopher Holshek: America: Let's Re-Invent It Christopher Holshek 2012

Nikki Haley's " Obama's Silence on Boeing Is Unacceptable " op-ed, April 29: I feel like Rip Van Winkle, except that instead of waking up in a different time I've awakened in a different country.

Is the NLRB Pushing South Carolina Out of the Union? 2011