somnambulistic

• “Her clothing was a loose flowing drapery, which fell from her shoulders to her heels, while instead of agility of motion or sprightliness there was nothing but a dreamy gliding, a kind of somnambulistic movement, apparently without plan or purpose, but not without a certain grace.”

  Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878

• “It's easy to dismiss Peake's visual output as indulgent gothic fantasy; and indeed his images set the tone for so many subsequent cliches of the genre: the emaciated pallor of his somnambulistic protagonists, the obsessive detailing and filigree patterning of his graphic mannerisms, the too easy reliance on grotesque distortions.”

  The Guardian: This week's new exhibitions

• “-- Henry states his philosophy of life and art for the three or four somnambulistic listeners that must be out there somewhere:”

  The Huffington Post: Joseph Smigelski: Film Review: Punching the Clown

• “This has all been taking place in front of an apathetic, even somnambulistic, Canadian public.”

  An infandous Ottawa Cromwell

• “The prizefighting apes and tigers will die all in good time in the course of natural evolution, but they will not die so long as the cowardly, somnambulistic apes and tigers club and scratch and slash.”

  The Somnambulists

• “They serve the men who lead the commercial life, give to their sons somnambulistic educations, preach that sleep-walking is the only way to walk, and that the persons who walk otherwise are atavisms or anarchists.”

  The Somnambulists

• “The main subject of the narrative is a journey through a somnambulistic world by the son, Jozef, to visit his purportedly dying Father in a Sanatorium.”

  Celebrated Animators The Quay Brothers Return with a New Feature | /Film

• “We're bombarded with boorish cell phoners, disengaged and seemingly somnambulistic texters who walk in the middle of traffic Tweeting.”

  Lionel: Olfactory Terror at 36K Feet

• “In keeping with wolfish tradition, it's an agonizing process, which may account for the creature's ill temper upon becoming fully lupine: He doesn't kill to feed any need besides bloodlust, and his eviscerations are graphic, grotesque and largely unnecessary — although when Mr. Del Toro is seen chowing down on some villager's liver, it may be intended as an homage to his somnambulistic co-star Mr. Hopkins (hold the fava beans).”

  The Wall Street Journal: 'Wolfman' Chases Its Tail

• “This contributes to the somnambulistic air of the story, but it also makes the protagonist into Generic Salaryman, a stand-in for all the company men of his generation.”

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