sandman
Americannoun
noun
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But when she was hit with the deaths of her father and stepfather in rapid, peak COVID-era succession, the sandman took a more extended leave of absence.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2024
Garments are dusted with a glimmering sheen, as if visited by the sandman.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024
The title is from traditional children’s tales of a sandman who comes at bedtime to toss sand in children’s eyes to put them to sleep.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2018
Laura, the teenage heroine of Elizabeth Knox's duologue The Rainbow Opera/The Dream Quake, creates a wishful figment for herself in the shape of a Nown, or golem sandman, to whom she also gives a voice.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
"Stop kicking brother," he commanded, as Allyn lifted up his voice and his heels in vigorous protest against things in general, and the approach of the sandman in particular.
From Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen by George, Vesper L.
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