half-asleep
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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She glanced at the half-asleep Lord Fredrick, and lowered her voice.
From Literature
Mikalai Dziadok said he learnt how to exercise at night, half-asleep, to warm up.
From BBC
They freeze beautifully, reheat like a charm, and make the kind of cozy, quietly impressive breakfast you’ll be grateful for when guests are still half-asleep and coffee hasn’t yet kicked in.
From Salon
It can’t be denied, of course, how much filmmaker Chris Stuckmann loves horror movies, because this genre-stanning YouTuber has stuffed a lot of familiar trappings into his debut: found footage, missing people, ghost towns, childhood nightmares, adult visions, dangerous creatures, unholy symbols and the twist you’ll see coming if you’re not half-asleep.
From Los Angeles Times
He began by recounting—in an unusual, half-asleep tone—the attempt on his life.
From Slate
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