Example Sentences

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Nation-states have sleepwalked into war against their better judgments, and the same could be true of states within states.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

“It is outrageous that we have sleepwalked into a crisis that was so predictable months ago,” he said.

From The Guardian • May 2, 2021

“Leaders have sleepwalked the nation into what I think is a big disaster for science,” he told Nature.

From Nature • Feb. 24, 2019

“We have sleepwalked our way into a 10% increase in electricity consumption.”

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2017

We have sleepwalked into this because liberty remains such an alien concept, still.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2013