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Meanings of dozy in inglés

Half asleep.

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Examples for "drowsy"
Examples for "drowsy"
1
It was the careful work of many long and drowsy autumn days.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2
The drowsy clocks now announced the hour of three in the morning.
Damon and Delia: A Tale
3
You turn and run, terror pumping new energy into your drowsy limbs.
Wired
4
She started up with the idea of fire in her drowsy mind.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
5
In less than fifteen minutes two drowsy-looking officers were in the room.
Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
1
Never had I seen the village drowsing in so sweet a peace.
The Flood
2
Occasionally there was a snore; evidently Bill was drowsing the day away.
The High School Left End; or, Dick & Co. Grilling on the Footbal...
3
It was a brilliantly coloured solitude, drowsing in a warm, voluptuous silence.
'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales
4
To the drowsing me, everything that followed seemed somehow like a dream.
To Die in Italbar
5
As I was drowsing off again, she spoke very gently to me.
Vandemark's Folly
Usage of dozy in inglés
1
I read them in the dozy hours, and only half remember them.
Roundabout Papers
2
The face lines squiggled their way into an expression of dozy obedience.
The Naked God
3
Joanna picks a dozy of a fight over Laura when they return home.
Reuters
4
In adverse conditions, it gets you dozy and cosy, and quickly.
The Guardian
5
That's why his abrupt appearance within their dozy scene frightened them.
Black house
6
Marcus Rojo beat two dozy Arsenal defenders to erase the deficit within minutes.
The South African
7
As if he would listen to his stupid Grandad, or his dozy Gran.
The outsiders
8
He didn't want to be bothered, though, was dozy, wanted to be left alone.
Heart-shaped box
9
Taking money from the middle classes has been wrenching candy from a dozy baby.
The Guardian
10
They must've gave us some sleeping pills, like you said, 'cause we're all dozy.
The golden compass
11
The goal they conceded was down to untidy, dozy defending.
The Guardian
12
These kids fall asleep in class and get called dozy-heads.
The Guardian
13
They're fucking criminals, or don't these dozy fuckers know that?
Iron Council
14
I had fake papers, and the border guards were dozy.
Melnitz
15
My sources say you have a dozy reputation, though past clients speak well of you.
The Silver Pigs
16
Some dozy workers try skateboarding, others yoga or dance.
The Guardian
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Dozy through the time