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groggy

[grog-ee] / ˈgrɒg i /


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"I don't drink alcohol so it was such a lovely way to spend a morning when others were feeling groggy," she said.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

For the first 10 days onboard, I woke up groggy, stuffed and head pounding.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

“Some people are really tired and groggy when they go through inspection, and they don’t do a good job explaining their real situation,” he says.

From Slate May 26, 2025

My alarm blares its generic Apple chime, and I keep hitting snooze—only to wake up groggy, drained, and unmotivated to make the most of the dwindling daylight.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2025

One moment, he looked groggy and sad—and just wrong, with those circles under his eyes.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

I figured that I was just groggier than usual.

From New York Times Feb. 23, 2018

Hibs looked groggier still as they went 2-0 down.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2017

But for nearly all who have strained to establish a new routine, resetting their alarms for an earlier, groggier morning, the stifled commute from Hoboken to New York City remains uniquely vexing.

From New York Times Nov. 19, 2012

But he said it was nearly universal that anesthesiologists were being forced to use less familiar medications that leave patients groggier and with a higher risk of nausea and headaches.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2010




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