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Later Clay sits handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser when the cops stop a mute, possibly somnambulant woman who has three vertical eye slits in her face.—
Ed Park,
The New York Review of Books,
14 Mar. 2023 -
Baseball, too, has plenty of somnambulant qualities: hitters stepping out of the box; the hum of a summer crowd; the snap of the ball in a catcher’s mitt; the muffled screaming as the Pirates concede another season.—
Jason Gay,
WSJ,
20 June 2022
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Saturday’s magic trick against a bottom-tier Mountain West foe: Down nine and seemingly comatose with 6½ minutes to go, only to outscore the Cowboys 20-0 (yes, 20-0) with disgruntled Miami Heat guard Jimmy Butler sitting courtside and nearly two dozen former players in attendance.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Naturally, many of those accounts invoke Ben Stein and his comatose class.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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None of the officers tried to stop the beatings or render medical assistance to Brooks, who appeared semiconscious for most of the assault, according to the video.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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On June 29, another Texas man was found semiconscious on the River Trail halfway between Silver Bridge and Black Bridge near Phantom Ranch.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American-Statesman,
9 July 2024
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“Sleepwalking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleepwalking. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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