Examples of 'van winkle' in a sentence

Meaning of "van winkle"

van winkle - derived from the character Rip Van Winkle in Washington Irving's story, it refers to a person who is in a deep and prolonged sleep or a state of obliviousness to the changes happening around them
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How to use "van winkle" in a sentence

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Bout turned me into rip van winkle.
Rip van winkle pulled it off.
We should have brought a bottle of pappy van winkle.
Rip van winkle.
Might have been used by rip Van winkle.
Van Winkle begins to feel that he is going insane.
Just like rip van winkle.
Van Winkle is equally confused by this question.
The man wishes to know whether Van Winkle is trying to start a riot.
Van Winkle and others know the time is right.
It looked as if philosophy would once again soon be emulating Rip van Winkle.
Van Winkle has long been interested in law enforcement.
I gave him one shot of cortisol and he woke up like Rip van Winkle.
Van Winkle begins resuming his walks and former pastimes.
You just handed her enough of that dust to make a rhino do a Rip van Winkle.

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He asks Van Winkle again why he is there and whom he is seeking.
It has something to do with Rip van Winkle.
Van Winkle does not ask who they are or how they know his name.
We caught up with Van Winkle to talk about her experience.
Van Winkle is married to a wife who bullies him and has two children.
Knight and his bodyguards confronted Van Winkle several times.
Van Winkle wonders if the flagon of beer may have addled his mind.
You would have to be Rip Van Winkle to have missed that discussion.
Van Winkle feels that he recognizes the woman and asks for her name.
In one of these small houses lives a man named Rip Van Winkle.
Van Winkle continues to watch them and begins to get more comfortable and less awed.
This is probably the life that Van Winkle really wanted all along.
Van Winkle speaks from experience.
They shift from being Rip Van Winkle to an insomniac zombie within just a few days.
Van Winkle is notoriously henpecked.
Caveman let us finish with all the Rip Van Winkle and get moving.
The man signals for Van Winkle to approach and help him with his load.
Next time you see the sky you are gonna look like fuckin Rip Van Winkle.
Suddenly Van Winkle begins hearing someone calling his name.
Inman was particularly interested in Rip van Winkle.
Rip Van Winkle awoke to find the world had changed.
I am starting to feel like Rip Van Winkle.
Rip Van Winkle returns to his village where he does not recognize anyone.
I feel like Rip van Winkle.
Rip Van Winkle is indeed an anomaly among people in his age group.
It sounded like you were doing an impression of Rip Van Winkle.
Dame Van Winkle would give him a severe scolding this time.
I heard you had a stash of Pappy Van Winkle.
Pappy Van Winkle is the unicorn of bourbons.
He also appeared in several productions of Rip Van Winkle.
Pappy Van Winkle on their birthday.
In the final he finished second to Rip Van Winkle.
Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man.
There is also an undated sketch titled Rip Van Winkle.
Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon is notoriously hard to find.

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Examples of using Van
Ops van is already in position outside the hotel
There was a news van blocking the entrance
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