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Adjective
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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
Adjective
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The Yankees remained comatose at the plate on Tuesday, as their lineup’s scoreless streak reached 29 innings in a 4-0 loss to the Angels in the Bronx.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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During this comatose period, Foxx was taken to a doctor, who administered a cortisone shot and sent him home.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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When first responders reached the scene, Glass was semiconscious.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
28 July 2025
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From left: The toddler discovers her father semiconscious in bed, then runs to get glucose tablets from the living room.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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“Sleepwalking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleepwalking. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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