groggy

Example Sentences

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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

Her voice was groggy, reminding me that it was one o’clock in the morning.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore