barely awake
Frequency: 6.78.1 per million words
Only just conscious; almost asleep.
Categories:
Examples (10)
- When my alarm rang at 5 a.m., I was barely awake.
- He stumbled into the kitchen for his morning coffee, still barely awake.
- The child was barely awake when we lifted him from the car seat to his bed.
- After the all-night study session, the students were barely awake during the exam.
- She listened to the late-night radio show, barely awake but enjoying the music.
- The patient was barely awake following the surgery, responding only to his name.
- "Good morning," he mumbled, his eyes half-closed and barely awake.
- I was so tired that I was barely awake enough to brush my teeth before collapsing into bed.
- He tried to follow the conversation but was barely awake after the long journey.
- The driver, barely awake, pulled over to the side of the road for a quick nap.