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sandman

[sand-man] / ˈsændˌmæn /




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But when she was hit with the deaths of her father and stepfather in rapid, peak COVID-era succession, the sandman took a more extended leave of absence.

From Salon Feb. 6, 2024

Garments are dusted with a glimmering sheen, as if visited by the sandman.

From Seattle Times Jan. 14, 2024

The title is from traditional children’s tales of a sandman who comes at bedtime to toss sand in children’s eyes to put them to sleep.

From Washington Post Mar. 8, 2018

Laura, the teenage heroine of Elizabeth Knox's duologue The Rainbow Opera/The Dream Quake, creates a wishful figment for herself in the shape of a Nown, or golem sandman, to whom she also gives a voice.

From The Guardian Aug. 27, 2010

On one side was a sandman making wonderful pictures on the ground with colored sand.

From Captain June by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

She’s pretty and pretty ridiculous, but the digital sandmen her character summons up to fight Conan, which burst out of the ground like rockets and explode into dust, are nifty.

From New York Times Aug. 18, 2011




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