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- adjective Showing signs of being
asleep or verysleepy , as not demonstrating fullenergy orattention .
Etymologies
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Examples
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You will only be a half-awake and half-asleep zombie.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Where a sheep would come from I had no idea, but I was half-asleep.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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There was a moment, one morning, when I was half-asleep still, when I believed that everything that had happened had been an awful nightmare, and that the man in my arms was Kenet.
ceciliatan: The Prince’s Boy: 34 ceciliatan 2010
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There was a moment, one morning, when I was half-asleep still, when I believed that everything that had happened had been an awful nightmare, and that the man in my arms was Kenet.
ceciliatan: The Prince’s Boy: 34 ceciliatan 2010
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I was still half-asleep, but some primitive sense of self-preservation told me to get off the balcony.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Log in to Reply oops I was still half-asleep and misread Moe's post bk
Democrats contemplating just passing the Senate HCR bill? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Both were half-asleep and both were half-deaf from all the cannon firings their ears had had to withstand throughout their long careers as soldiers.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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Where a sheep would come from I had no idea, but I was half-asleep.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Both were half-asleep and both were half-deaf from all the cannon firings their ears had had to withstand throughout their long careers as soldiers.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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Janice and the Other Girls had been picked up by their mothers, who hurried them into their vans with one arm, half-asleep.
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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