half-awakened

The decks were beginning to swarm with half-awakened and half-naked Chinese.

White and Yellow 2010

And worst, in some ways, is the damage done by half-awakened individuals who want, really deeply want, to be teachers and wise folk.

The Greatest Tragedy Of All Steven Barnes 2009

In the small hours, half-awakened by a dream of Francesca in her chemise, I reached for Bernardo, but my hand only skimmed the burlap of my pallet.

The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008

In the small hours, half-awakened by a dream of Francesca in her chemise, I reached for Bernardo, but my hand only skimmed the burlap of my pallet.

The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008

In the small hours, half-awakened by a dream of Francesca in her chemise, I reached for Bernardo, but my hand only skimmed the burlap of my pallet.

The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008

In the small hours, half-awakened by a dream of Francesca in her chemise, I reached for Bernardo, but my hand only skimmed the burlap of my pallet.

The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008

In the small hours, half-awakened by a dream of Francesca in her chemise, I reached for Bernardo, but my hand only skimmed the burlap of my pallet.

The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008

From every corner, as you glance about you in these dark retreats, some figure crawls half-awakened, as if the judgment-hour were near at hand, and every obscene grave were giving up its dead.

American Notes for General Circulation 2007

I haven't had good sleep in several days, I either get woken up by phone/people/noises outside constantly, have nightmares that make me unwilling to go back to sleep after I wake up from one, or feel horrible and thus keep getting half-awakened by pain every few minutes.

jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2007

Whereas to Plato sense is the Heraclitean flux of sense, not the vision of objects in the order in which they actually present themselves to the experienced sight, but as they may be imagined to appear confused and blurred to the half-awakened eye of the infant.

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006