mutter sleepily
Frequency: 6.23.5 per million words
to speak in a tired way, as if you are about to fall asleep
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Examples (20)
- He woke up and could only mutter sleepily in response.
- He muttered sleepily about needing more coffee.
- She would often mutter sleepily when disturbed from her nap.
- "Just five more minutes," she muttered sleepily into her pillow.
- Too tired to argue, he just muttered sleepily and turned over.
- The old man muttered sleepily as he tried to wake up.
- The child began to mutter sleepily about a dream he was having.
- "I'm so tired," he muttered sleepily.
- "Leave me alone," he muttered sleepily before drifting off again.
- She muttered sleepily a complaint about the alarm clock.
- A few words were muttered sleepily as she tried to open her eyes.
- He muttered sleepily that he didn't want to get out of bed.
- He had a habit of muttering sleepily when the alarm went off.
- The child muttered sleepily when his mother told him it was time for school.
- She could hear her brother muttering sleepily from the next room.
- "Is it morning already?" he muttered sleepily.
- Even after coffee, he still seemed to mutter sleepily through his breakfast.
- The cat muttered sleepily as it stretched in the sun.
- The old man used to mutter sleepily about his younger days.
- He muttered sleepily a request for breakfast.