somnambulistic
- a word derived from somnambulism.
- a word derived from somnambulist.
Example Sentences
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“The roads were dirt and wound around as if made by somnambulistic cows.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
He completed a story, the kind “any of the somnambulistic totem newspapers in America would have come up with.”
From Washington Times ● May 15, 2018
Spa culture — defined by its intentional architecture, geographical remove and somnambulistic ambience — was experienced in direct opposition to the rapid-paced, sick-making atmosphere of industrialized Europe.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2018
The somnambulistic sax man's first holiday release sold more than 8 million copies, spawning two more equally yawn-inducers — "Faith: A Holiday Album" in 1999 and "Wishes: A Holiday Album" three years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2014
As Sullivan saw it, “Burnham came out of his somnambulistic vagary and joined in. He was keen enough to understand that ‘Uncle Dick’”—meaning Hunt—“had done him a needed favor.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
