Example Sentences

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She must have heard him cry, sleepwalked to the nursery, lifted him out of the crib while she was still asleep, then woke to discover the crib empty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

In a contest that started at 11:15 a.m. local time, Maryland sleepwalked through the first 10 minutes.

From Washington Times • Mar. 16, 2023

It began in 1914, when, as he notes, Europe’s leaders sleepwalked into a conflict that none of them would have entered if they’d foreseen the consequences four years later.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2022

In response to a question from a police officer, she explained that she had always been a deep sleeper and had sleepwalked a couple of times as a teenager.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2022

So that whole morning, while I basically sleepwalked though science, math, ELA, and Spanish, I couldn’t stop replaying the scene in the band room.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee