half asleep
Example Sentences
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The opening setting of the “Sleepers, awake!” text starts out muddy, as though the singers are still half asleep and not quite on their parts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
He said he had been "half asleep" Thursday when his phone buzzed with a call from Washington.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
And I don’t know if Curren’s the right person to explain things to … where he’s half asleep.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022
"By the time the 7:45 kick-off came around, I'd be half asleep," he says.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2021
He was so full of food, he had been half asleep for some time.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
