half asleep

Frequency: 8.392.1 per million words

Partially awake and partially asleep.

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Examples (10)

  • At the end of the afternoon, they were exhausted and half asleep.
  • He was half asleep during the long, boring lecture.
  • When the phone rang, I answered it, still half asleep.
  • She stumbled to the kitchen, half asleep, to make coffee.
  • The whole class seemed half asleep after lunch.
  • He lay there, half asleep, listening to the rain on the roof.
  • I was only half asleep, so I heard the strange noise downstairs.
  • Don't talk to me before my coffee; I'm still half asleep.
  • The medicine made him feel drowsy and half asleep all day.
  • Were you half asleep when I told you the news?