I didn't want to increase his annoyance by making him wait, but, even more, I didn't want to sound groggy, or to ramble.

Jake answered sounding groggy and asked me to wait.

It took the officer a long time to answer, and when he finally did, he sounded groggy.

Tom answered after four rings, sounding groggy.

But that's why he sounded groggy when I spoke to him-hewas putting on an act in advance.

She was up, but sounded groggy.

"I have a terrible headache," she said, sounding groggy.

"A month... two months..." she said, sounding groggy.

The voice on the other end of the line sounded groggy, as if she'd awakened him, and Hannah did her best to sound official.

"What is going-, "Maxbegan, sounding groggy.

"No, I wasn't," I said, trying to make my voice sound groggy, like I was still half asleep.

"I apologize if I have awoken you, Sister," the abbé said, his own voice sounding groggy and on edge.

" 'Lo." Pete sounded groggy.

"Hello?" Her voice was muffled by the sheets, and she sounded groggy, and the person who had called her hesitated for a long moment.