somnambulistic in a sentence
Examples
- But theatergoers who don't have the patience to wait for _ or the C-notes to pay for _ tickets to " The Producers " might consider the somnambulistic trio known as W, C and A for alternative musical fare.
- In an oval painting from around 1780-90, the heroine is seen wandering off in a drugged, somnambulistic daze under moonlight, trailing her shadow behind her, as the sakhi dashes in, having tracked down her young charge by her fragrance alone.
- Bierbrauer, trained by the hypnosis of his patients, began in this period to abstract from the patient's images and now betook himself into a somnambulistic, in a daydream-like state in order to access as an artist to his very own self.
- In the 19th century, " " d�doublement " " or double consciousness, the historical precursor to DID, was frequently described as a state of sleepwalking, with scholars hypothesizing that the patients were switching between a normal consciousness and a " somnambulistic state ".
- Among Beatles biographers, Chip Madinger and Mark Easter write that, as the first vocal track on " Dark Horse ", " Simply Shady " " bring [ s ] the LP to a screeching halt ", and they describe it as " Somnambulistic in tone and tempo ".
- Kimerer has told the jury that his client was in " an automatistic, somnambulistic state " as he arose from bed, went downstairs to the garage to change into work clothes, took a knife to pry out a defective O-ring from the pool pump, then went into a frenzy when his wife interrupted him.
- Ferrell and Kattan, who embody Steve and Doug Butabi with a vengeance and goofiness fringing on embarrassment, have broadened the borders of their reptilian low-life skit by adding parents ( played by a spitting, shouting Dan Hedaya and a somnambulistic Loni Anderson ), as well as a dream; they want to open their own nightclub _ one that will rival the allure and glamour of The Roxbury.
- More recently, the defendants in several murder cases have used sleep as a defense, in one instance successfully : a Canadian, Kenneth Parks, was acquitted after experts testified that he was in a somnambulistic state when, in May 1987, he drove 14 miles to the house of his in-laws, where he stabbed his mother-in-law to death and nearly killed his father-in-law.
- "Beautiful People, " which opens today, combines multiple storylines and characters, coalescing into a nearly perfect movie mosaic : A compassionate obstetrician, whose wife has just deserted him, tries to persuade a young Bosnian couple not to kill their unborn baby; a doctor from an upper-class family falls in love with her patient, an illegal immigrant; a somnambulistic working-class junkie finds himself literally dropped into ground zero in Bosnia; a BBC correspondent's compassion for war's victims unhinges his grip on sanity.
- Connors did " Mannix " next . " On the other hand, " John Stanley's Creature Features The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide " ( 2000 edition ) decided that " [ A ] lthough a pale copy of 007's exploits, it has a sparkle to its comedy, gorgeous women in figure-flattering wardrobes, and scenic action set against picturesque Rio . " After describing the plot, Stanley concludes with, " Michael Connors walks somnambulistic through his role as super agent Kelly who has minipistols hidden in his clothing and is always eating bananas.