groggy
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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
The only hint of the turbulence Mogwai experienced comes on the groggy, distortion-washed 18 Volcanoes, where Braithwaite quietly sings: "Hope has come another day/Hold me close in every way."
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025
Serafina Pekkala called to the aeronaut, and he woke at once, groggy with cold, but aware from the movement of the basket dial something was wrong.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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