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groggy

[grog-ee] / ˈgrɒg i /


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When you feel groggy, it's tempting to chug multiple coffees or fizzy drinks.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

Noah noted that traffic accidents appear to spike after the switch because drivers are groggy and thus less vigilant.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 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

Ilya was climbing unsteadily to his feet, but he looked too groggy to be of help.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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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