sleepwalk
verb
sleep·walk
ˈslēp-ˌwȯk 
sleepwalked; sleepwalking; sleepwalks
1
: to walk while or as if while asleep
2
: to proceed in a passive often lethargic manner
sleepwalked through the workday
sleepwalk
noun
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What isn’t the norm—at least not to most Americans—is seeing a President seeming to sleepwalk through 90 minutes of live television.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
Approximately 5% of children sleepwalk, 10% to 17% snore, and around 30% experience night terrors.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
Americans are sleepwalking toward convulsive pain, a consequence of decades of easy money policies to prevent minor pains.
—George F. Will, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
As Tony begins sleepwalking through dark hallways, speaking in tongues, and rejecting his medication at home, two questions play out in parallel for Lee: Is this man really possessed by a demon?
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
Approximately 5% of children sleepwalk, 10% to 17% snore, and around 30% experience night terrors.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
Americans are sleepwalking toward convulsive pain, a consequence of decades of easy money policies to prevent minor pains.
—George F. Will, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
As Tony begins sleepwalking through dark hallways, speaking in tongues, and rejecting his medication at home, two questions play out in parallel for Lee: Is this man really possessed by a demon?
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
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“Sleepwalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepwalk. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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