Somnambulism (Noun)
Meaning
Walking by a person who is asleep.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The child's somnambulism often led her to wander into her parents' room in the middle of the night, waking them from a sound sleep.
- His roommate walked by him every night on the way to the bathroom, but one evening he was caught off guard by his roommate's somnambulism, which had him standing upright in the hallway, fast asleep.
- As she passed by her sister's room, she noticed her sister's somnambulism had led her to open the door, but she didn't seem to notice she was standing there, staring blankly into space.
- The husband was startled to see his wife standing in the kitchen, a victim of somnambulism, with the refrigerator door open and a glass of milk in her hand.
- Walking by the bedroom, the mother heard a strange noise and found her son in the middle of the room, caught in a state of somnambulism, completely unaware of his surroundings.