Compared to what we ought to be, we are half-awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: Awakener; My Occupation. And yours?] Reference

That's what I get for posting while only half-awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Rudy And Thompson Within Margin of Error] Reference

Dalamar lay, half-awake and half-asleep, in his bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [War of the Twins]

I laid in bed, half-awake, half-asleep, until around 3pm.    From Wordnik.com.  [XXXMAS] Reference

Amazing, I can talk about amazing things when I'm half-awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [krazililme Diary Entry] Reference

Yet too many people are either asleep or are half-awake at best.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Shirley, half-awake and crying, came pattering out into the hall and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rosemary] Reference

November 02, 2003 haha, it's weird when you type in here half-awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [krazililme Diary Entry] Reference

And I suppose I was still half-awake this morning when we started out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sermon to mark the 10th anniversary of the ordination of women Canterbury Cathedral] Reference

When the NCTC calls in the middle of the night, he is often half-awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [President Obama's nighthawks: Top officials charged with guarding the nation's safety] Reference

"There are plenty of empty huts here," a corporal, half-awake, told us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference

Half-asleep and half-awake; she was aware of shadow-shapes which came and went.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tin Soldier] Reference

I slept fitfully and was half-awake when the power suddenly came on around 6: 30.    From Wordnik.com.  [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference

And to any half-awake surfer-by who happened to peruse their server, it seems.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Ummmmm .... did I promise an "award-winning" entry last night in my half-awake mode??.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

In his usual slow, half-awake manner, he managed to clumsily stand up and come see me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephen Benjamin: The Final Moments of My Career: LiftTheBan.org] Reference

The strangling weight that had kept me half-awake with fear and coughing was now gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orphans of Chaos] Reference

On the other hand, he had seen it earlier, when she'd been waving it at him half-awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Warslayer]

They drove past some buses, and half-awake people were diving down the métro staircases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maigret has Scruples]

Everyone is shuffling around like half-awake zombies and it's scarcely populated in there.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

One time when I was in that all-black half-asleep, half-awake state, everything was silent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunshine] Reference

Which means I lost my "half-awake" edge that I normally have when scribbling out this malarkey.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

Ah, my dear! it is the thoughtful, half-asleep, half-awake, bhnking cat, that catches the mouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Charles Grandison] Reference

Probably buried under a pile of papers with those glasses on his nose, she thought, only half-awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Kiss For Julie]

I was only half-awake but not brain-dead, so I had the sense to ask if Koppel was still in the studio.    From Wordnik.com.  [The O'Reilly Factor]

I was on my third in-flight movie when the screaming started, shattering my tired half-awake travel state.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roey Rosenblith: Over Detroit Skies] Reference

He'd asked me if I wanted him to wake me up at any specific time, and I said, half-awake, no - as I didn't.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference

Lyrics like "we're half-awake in a fake empire" capture the apathy and longing for meaning of that dark time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andrea Chalupa: The National's Matt Berninger on Dirty Lovers and Even Dirtier Politics] Reference

He was half-awake j and half-asleep for a long time, during which he only knew contentedly that the job was finished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Space Platform]

Here, the brain is half-asleep/half-awake, and terrors normally happen early at night, when delta sleep is most prevalent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janet Kinosian: A Short Guide To Understanding Your Nightmares] Reference

I dozed by fits and starts, and lay awake, or half-awake, sometimes, not thinking but in a way imagining what kind of a place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncle Silas] Reference

They both knew that, and she suspected that he was staying half-awake even through her watch, as she was staying through his.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silver Gryphon]

Stefen stretched, only half-awake, and when his right hand didn't hit the wall, he woke up entirely with a start of surprise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magic's Price]

He was asleep when she returned, and only came half-awake when the food arrived, just enough to eat and fall back into sleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eagle And The Nightingale]

I woke up on Saturday feeling nothing at all; didn't even feel enough energy to kill myself and went through the day half-awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sermon to mark the 10th anniversary of the ordination of women Canterbury Cathedral] Reference

In that case, maybe I've told you something you didn't know, although I don't see how anyone who is half-awake could have missed it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Roadside Attraction]