Example Sentences

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Trying to keep his grasp on the Sleepwalker, the Poet arches back, back, back until, on his knees, his arms touch the ground and she eludes him once more.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2017

She drew the Poet on by eluding him, but then became helplessly convulsed by jealousy after seeing him kiss the Sleepwalker.

From New York Times • May 23, 2011

Coke: Sleepwalker Such is the siren call of Coke – it pulls a man from bed and across the veldt, past stampedes and snakes and cliffs, just to get some of that magical elixir.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2010

Sleepwalker In Carlisle, Pa., Walter Knaube sleepwalked barefoot out of his house, was wakened in the mountains eight miles away by a railroad whistle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Did I see something in the background of the drawings, the words The Sleepwalker?

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick