sandman
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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 "hylo" is also useful in bedrooms where children are put to sleep, affording sufficient light to daunt the hobgoblins without discouraging the approach of the sandman.
From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin
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
