sleepwalking

Example Sentences

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More recently, he has warned that the country is sleepwalking into economic stasis, thanks to bad policies and rules that make it hard to invest in new ventures and run companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

At one point, Foster alleged that he told one executive that “WPP and GroupM have ‘been sleepwalking to the edge of a cliff and people don’t want to hear it.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

I think this is the space where a lot of our leaders and regular voters are sleepwalking.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025

Councils in north-east England are being warned they are "sleepwalking into a crisis" unless they start discussing falling pupil numbers as a regional issue, rather than a local one.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2024

Her eyes were closed, as if she were sleepwalking.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan