sandman

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Menopause, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome and all kinds of mental health challenges can do a fine job of throwing themselves between us and the sandman.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2023

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

The sandman wasn't around, and Cap'n Bill lay awake for hours thinking of the strange tale of the Magic Umbrella before he finally sank into slumber.

From Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)