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’s half asleep and he lacks clarity and definition,” Hiddleston says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
He said he had been "half asleep" Thursday when his phone buzzed with a call from Washington.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
"She was more excited for me than I was to be fair because I was half asleep," he added.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
He may be half asleep himself, he thought.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
