sandman
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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
Your row on the lake made the sandman come around earlier than usual I guess.
From The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island by Hope, Laura Lee
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
