almost asleep
Frequency: 8.495.6 per million words
Very close to being asleep.
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Examples (10)
- After the long hike, I was almost asleep on my feet.
- The boring movie had me almost asleep within the first twenty minutes.
- He gently carried the child, who was almost asleep, up to her bed.
- The professor's monotonous voice left half the class almost asleep.
- Lulled by the motion of the train, she was almost asleep against the window.
- I was so exhausted that I was almost asleep before my head even hit the pillow.
- Shh, the baby is almost asleep, let's not wake him.
- He sat in the comfortable armchair, almost asleep with a book in his lap.
- The warmth of the fireplace made her feel cozy and almost asleep.
- The cat curled up on the sofa, almost asleep in a patch of sunlight.