sleepwalking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleepwalking
Adjective
  • Finn does his best to keep an eye on his somnambulant sister, and in one scene, follows her clear across town to the basement where the Grabber had held him.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Later Clay sits handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser when the cops stop a mute, possibly somnambulant woman who has three vertical eye slits in her face.
    Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • Halloween 4 takes place a decade after the events of Halloween II, with Michael having been comatose for the past 10 years.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Love that comatose Wednesday has her hands folded across her chest, corpse-style.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • When first responders reached the scene, Glass was semiconscious.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
  • From left: The toddler discovers her father semiconscious in bed, then runs to get glucose tablets from the living room.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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“Sleepwalking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleepwalking. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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