sleepwalk
verb
sleep·walk
ˈslēp-ˌwȯk 
sleepwalked; sleepwalking; sleepwalks
1
: to walk while or as if while asleep
2
: to proceed in a passive often lethargic manner
sleepwalked through the workday
sleepwalk
noun
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Other Ambien users have reported a variety of side effects, including sleepwalking, binge eating and even driving at night without realizing or remembering the incidents.
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 22 July 2025
The study also identified an association between sleepwalking and psychiatric disorders like depression and anxiety.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
The irony of a post-George W. Bush government possibly recognizing this despite also being inclined to sleepwalk into a disastrous Middle East war is strange and potent.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
Really just to wake him up to the notion that he’s been sleepwalking for the last 10 or 20 years.
—Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 31 May 2025
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 22 July 2025
The study also identified an association between sleepwalking and psychiatric disorders like depression and anxiety.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
The irony of a post-George W. Bush government possibly recognizing this despite also being inclined to sleepwalk into a disastrous Middle East war is strange and potent.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
Really just to wake him up to the notion that he’s been sleepwalking for the last 10 or 20 years.
—Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 31 May 2025
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“Sleepwalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepwalk. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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