Half-asleep Definition

adjective

Showing signs of being asleep or very sleepy, as not demonstrating full energy or attention.

He gently lifted the half-asleep child into bed.
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Origin of Half-asleep

  • half- +‎ asleep

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Half-asleep Sentence Examples

  • He was probably half asleep.

  • Fritz was slumped on the back of his mule, half-asleep, his stocky frame rolling with the gait of the mule.

  • It was a risky thing, lying down on the couch with a man, but this was Cade - half asleep and asking her to stay - Cade, who never asked for anything.

  • His energy sapped, the kid was sprawled half asleep across the race car bed.

  • My wife came, attired in robe, pajamas and slippers, her arm around a half-asleep Molly bound up in a blanket like a butterfly's chrysalis.

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