half-sleeping

She left him with us, twenty half-naked, half-sleeping men.

The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011

She left him with us, twenty half-naked, half-sleeping men.

The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011

Stirring the drink, I observe the other café patrons: a group of women clustered by the periphery, babies on their laps, miniature dogs half-sleeping at their feet; an elderly couple sharing a croissant, not speaking.

A Hidden Affair Pam Jenoff 2010

Stirring the drink, I observe the other café patrons: a group of women clustered by the periphery, babies on their laps, miniature dogs half-sleeping at their feet; an elderly couple sharing a croissant, not speaking.

A Hidden Affair Pam Jenoff 2010

G quickly carried our half-sleeping wee boy to the bathroom and helped him onto the toilet.

Big Boy at Night ewe are here 2008

One day, gazing into the fireplace as he thought about the problem, he drifted off and had a half-sleeping daydream in which he imagined he saw a snake eating its own tail.

The Answer John Assaraf 2008

One day, gazing into the fireplace as he thought about the problem, he drifted off and had a half-sleeping daydream in which he imagined he saw a snake eating its own tail.

The Answer John Assaraf 2008

He probably meant what he said at the time but, according to the Washington Post, by 2007 Mr. Obama was staring into the opened eye of the still half-sleeping giant and thought it wiser to hit the snooze button.

Ashley Rindsberg: Election Amnesia: Cuba on My Mind 2008

So there we were, in a town or village between Osaka and Kyoto, with four drunk and half-sleeping passengers on the train, and a probably fed-up conductor trying to throw them off the train so he could go home.

2008-03-18: Osaka, penguins and the last train. magnio 2008

You know the discomfort caused at night by the half-sleeping sense that a door or window has been left unfastened, or in the day by the remembrance of unanswered letters.

Life's Little Ironies 2006