sleepily
Example Sentences
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HONOLULU—My roommates woke up, one by one, at sunrise last week, zipping open their suitcases and sleepily walking to the bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
On July 10, the day before the wind changed, the fire had been burning sleepily for a week without any apparent cause for alarm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025
Husam Abdelgawi, a 31-year-old accountant in the Libyan city of Derna, got up and went sleepily downstairs to check on them, and felt water under his feet.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023
I’d remember late mornings in Dubai, listening to the radio after missing the school bus, sleepily ingesting the Bollywood Top 40 my parents had on in the car.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
She even praised her once, murmuring sleepily, “You are such a helpful girl, Ophelia.”
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
