Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A somnambulist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who walks about in their sleep
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who walks about in their sleep
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Examples
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A sleepwalker is a shapeshifting vampire / werebeast who lives off the energy of virgins.
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Although Lin, the character, comes to see how communism has made him an emotional "sleepwalker," few real-life Chinese reach such an understanding, says Jin.
Neutered Passions 2008
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"sleepwalker" ad ranked No. 5 out of 63 ads gauged by USA Today's Ad Meter, the most closely watched poll of Super Bowl ads 'popularity.
ajc.com - News jmcwilliams@ajc.com 2010
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Telemachus is an occasional sleepwalker, and his behavior during those bouts shows the heavy influence of dream logic.
Archive 2010-06-01 Ulysses 2010
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We were struck by a change in Lady M. from imperious ambition as good as dignified callousness in early scenes to frightened, implicitly tortured sleepwalker in a critical late scene.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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I walked out and up the stairs, but I felt like a sleepwalker.
Family Storms 2011
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The Vice Dean asked us given Lady Macbeth changes as she does from a ironwilled accomplice to attempted attempted attempted attempted murder of progressing scenes to a raging sleepwalker as good as self-murder of a fifth act.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Telemachus is an occasional sleepwalker, and his behavior during those bouts shows the heavy influence of dream logic.
The Strange Case of the Cereal Killer Ulysses 2010
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The Vice Dean asked us given Lady Macbeth changes as she does from a ironwilled accomplice to attempted attempted attempted attempted murder of progressing scenes to a raging sleepwalker as good as self-murder of a fifth act.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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We were struck by a change in Lady M. from imperious ambition as good as dignified callousness in early scenes to frightened, implicitly tortured sleepwalker in a critical late scene.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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