half-conscious
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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In revisions, you add subtleties that underpin what you set down in that half-conscious state.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023
"I took the script from her as I was half-conscious and sat in front of the camera and read it," she writes.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023
You don’t want to listen, you just want to hear — in which case, hearing becomes an act of intentional ignorance, a half-conscious refusal that allows you to protect your pleasure from oblivion.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2019
Surrounded by friends and family in the intensive-care unit, half-conscious, Jenkins rallied.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2017
She was a long time unconscious and a long time half-conscious.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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