Example Sentences

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The porch was empty when he groggily opened his front door, but he instantly understood why someone had been knocking.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

Day 2 unfolded groggily at first, a consequence of a lingering food coma.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022

As Americans groggily emerge from their pandemic-driven isolation, they could be forgiven for not seeing the situation as quite so dire.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2021

About the time we were groggily searching for adequate words of thanks, I told Williams that I had almost nodded off.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2021

As I groggily came to, I wondered why I wasn't more dead.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir