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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

Many of the students looked a bit groggy amid the 7:30 a.m. hoopla, another change to their routine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 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

Just as the usual ribbons of gold were beginning to braid the sky, Jinny led her groggy Care up the path and into the prairie.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

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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