Sentence examples for half slept from inspiring English sources

'half slept' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used as a verb in the past tense to describe a state of not having fully slept, and often implies being in a state of tiredness or exhaustion. For example: "After a sleepless night, I arrived at work half slept and ready for a nap."

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In a 2005 national telephone survey of 1,003 adults ages 50 and older, the Gallup Organization found that a mere third of older adults got a good night's sleep every day, fewer than half slept more than seven hours, and one-fifth slept less than six hours a night.

A few nights later, the participants were split into two groups: half slept for only four hours, while the other half slept for eight hours but got woken up four times for 10 to 15 minutes at a stretch.

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Half the men hard at work, digging or hammering about the place; other half sleeping.

As I type this, Benjamin the second child is half sleeping in our darkened condo, making cute stretchy-baby gremlin sounds.

Imagine me, half sleeping.

The Coliseum is half full and probably half sleeping after some officiating delays in the fourth quarter.

I watch "Bring It On" from a half sleep.

Half Sun, Half Sleep (1967) contains new work and her translations of poetry by six Swedish authors.

As I went to buy my ticket in my half sleep I was asked whether I was resident or foreigner.

She slides in & out of a twisting half sleep of nightmare, in which she is scolded for unspeakable acts.

Our paddles cut through the water, each of us tired from the night of half sleep in our makeshift beds.

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