half-awake

Example Sentences

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I lock eyes with a half-awake Paloma, who regards my approach with detached interest.

From Literature

Bits and pieces of memory came together in her mind, moments when she’d been only half-awake or half-asleep and believed she was only dreaming.

From Literature

Rochelle begged a half-awake Keona to let her brush the girl’s hair.

From Los Angeles Times

She was half-awake in recovery from a traumatic brain injury when she learned he had died; she hoped it was a nightmare.

From Washington Post

The next day I would stumble into the clinic half-awake, and scientists would stick electrodes on my scalp.

From New York Times