How to Use sleepwalk in a Sentence

sleepwalk

verb

• But one night after the Red Sox sleepwalked through a loss to the Blue Jays, an alarm went off.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2019
• There’s very few that can sleepwalk their way through the season and then turn it on for the playoffs.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Oct. 2021
• The Badgers appeared to be sleepwalking through the first 2 ½ minutes of the game.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2019
• This is a great time not to sleepwalk into any gender roles.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
• Cottin stands out because so many in the large cast seem to be sleepwalking through it all.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
• And the Ravens had every reason to sleepwalk through Sunday’s game.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• He also is also given to yelling in the middle of the night and sleepwalking.
  — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• The world managed to sleepwalk into the slaughter of that first Great War, which claimed more than 15 million lives.
  — Kevin Rudd, Time, 4 Apr. 2022
• Coming off a 60-win season, the Bucks didn't sleepwalk through the preseason.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2019
• Coach Sam Pittman will have his team ready to play the No.1-ranked title contender, so Alabama can’t sleepwalk through the first half.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 10 Dec. 2020
• The imperative to act on our humanness—to refuse to sleepwalk, to refuse to get stuck—grows out of the scholarship.
  — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022
• Instead, the movie sleepwalks with Mandy through a series of ongoing events.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 27 July 2019
• Seeing them in person feels like sleepwalking, like some wistful secret had been pulled from the back of your brain and placed in front of you.
  — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Mar. 2023
• One that got caught sleepwalking on the road in the desert at ASU, but most certainly will arrive in Pasadena -- eyes wide open.
  — oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2019
• The Patriots, who usually sleepwalk to wins this time of year, have lost two straight in December for the first time since 2002.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
• Our children are not supposed to sleepwalk through live-shooter drills.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 30 Mar. 2018
• Arkansas’ only chance against LSU may be to catch the Tigers sleepwalking.
  — Alex Hickey, ajc, 5 Nov. 2017
• Ayton has been a productive center for the Suns, who by now probably should have been able to sleepwalk his way to 20 points a night.
  — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
• For her part, Anna sleepwalked through her classes, rereading all his texts.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• For the first seven innings of Wednesday’s matinee against the Oakland A’s, the Giants were sleepwalking.
  — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2019
• In a season when the entire Dodgers team seems to be sleepwalking, Dave Roberts, finally, has taken a stand.
  — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• The next night, Hyun-sun adds sleepwalking to his nocturnal repertoire.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
• The Nationals’ bullpen is too shaky, the Rockies’ entire pitching staff is still unproven and the Cubs continue to sleepwalk through the year.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 30 May 2017
• And although some people are known to walk in their sleep, sleepwalking is not a part of REM sleep, but a part of the deep-sleep cycle, when dreaming doesn't occur.
  — Tracy Staedter, Fox News, 2 June 2017
• To circumvent the minefield is to neglect the person who somehow sleepwalked their way to its center.
  — Joseph Lezza, Longreads, 30 Mar. 2023
• Both China and the United States seem to be sleepwalking toward a cross-strait confrontation at some point within the next decade.
  — Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
• Ambien can also lead to sleepwalking, which could result in some awkward bump-ins on the plane.
  — Moira Lawler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2019
• But Alabama sleepwalked through the first half, going to the locker room stunningly tied at 10.
  — Paul Newberry, The Seattle Times, 6 Jan. 2019
• Grace sleepwalking into the snow, the disappearance of a pet dog, Mia playing with her favorite doll—on faith?
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2020
• The Cubs simply being themselves the remainder of the regular season will suffice instead of the team that sleepwalked its way through the first half.
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2017

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024