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  • At the head of the stair the same half-drugged Sidhe as always was on guard; this time he did not argue when Rhoslyn sent him to inform Aurelia of her arrival.

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Sure, their disguise had been good enough Co fool Empty Eyes, who had probably been drunk or half-drugged anyhow.

    Castle Of Deception Lackey, Mercedes 1992

  • He fell asleep again himself, for he was still half-drugged.

    Five Go To Smugglers Top Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • The change in temperature brought Casca back from his dull, half-drugged sleep.

    The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980

  • Reluctantly her own furtive glance was drawn frequently to his face, and always his dark fierce eyes were watching her with a steadiness that racked her nerves, till she was reminded irresistibly of an exhibition that she had seen in a circus in Vienna, where a lion tamer had concluded an unusually daring performance by dining in the lions 'cage, surrounded by savage snarling brutes very different from the sleepy half-drugged creatures ordinarily shown.

    The Sheik

  • Gold lacquer bowls were difficult to procure, and he had charged the boy to search for it in the morning and to buy it, if possible, from the opium dealer Leh Shin, who could be securely trusted to be half-drugged at an early hour.

    The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie

  • Her dyed hair was disarranged, and her dark eyes stared glassily before her; but even in this half-drugged state she bore herself with the lithe carriage of a dancer, swinging her hips lazily and pointing the toes of her high-heeled slippers.

    Dope Sax Rohmer 1921

  • One day, while the Girl lay in a half-drugged, feverish sleep, the Harvester went for a swim.

    The Harvester 1911

  • When they arrived there at five o’clock, Quarrier offered Mortimer his hand, and held the trembling, puffy fingers as he leaned closer, saying with cold precision and emotionless emphasis something that appeared to require the full concentration of Mortimer’s half-drugged faculties.

    The Fighting Chance 1899

  • Headlong, amorous, impatient they had whirled toward the embraces of Madam Death; the nearer and more powerful perfume had drawn the half-maddened, half-drugged messengers.

    Barbarians 1899

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