half-asleep
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It’s graduation season, so you know what that means: a lotta commencement speeches from wealthy figures of renown—all directed to debt-burdened, half-asleep, cap-and-gown-clad graduates worried about the frozen job market awaiting them.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
Written by Félix de Givry and Ugo Bienvenu and directed by the latter, it’s one of those old-fashioned feature cartoons that seems aimed at pleasing half-asleep old people rather than lively youngsters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Mikalai Dziadok said he learnt how to exercise at night, half-asleep, to warm up.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
On the other side of the world, Biette-Timmons was half-asleep and didn’t have her eyeglasses on when she saw her friend’s last name pop up on as a notification on her phone.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023
The early morning joggers and the half-asleep students clutching bags of bagels to their chests didn’t so much as give him or the towering, enraged ghost slowly making his way to Boaz a passing glance.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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