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  • adjective comparative form of drowsy: more drowsy

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Examples

  • This is the kind we all understand, the kind that means lying around, procrastinating, becoming drowsier and drowsier.

    Susan Piver: How to Be Disciplined 2010

  • You might ask in your drowsy and getting drowsier state?

    Misery (1990) 2010

  • Still moving slowly and patiently, frequently wiping rainwater from his protuberant eyes, he tried to pick out one lorqual that looked a little drowsier than the others.

    The Cat is a Metaphor 2010

  • They should save more mundane chores, such as filing or reading e-mails, for times when they're drowsier.

    Parents with babies need time to reset inner clock 2008

  • From then on, he became drowsier and drowsier, although he would occasionally perk up.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • An effect of your last drug, if not reversed, will cause you to get drowsier and drowsier, and fall into a sleep from which you will never awaken.

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  • From then on, he became drowsier and drowsier, although he would occasionally perk up.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • From then on, he became drowsier and drowsier, although he would occasionally perk up.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • I was suffering a cold this week and a little drowsier than I'd really like to be when seeing a movie, so both movies have been given an extra 1/2 toad so they don't suffer totally if my own drowsiness was unfair.

    Archive 2008-12-01 The Brillig Blogger 2008

  • I was suffering a cold this week and a little drowsier than I'd really like to be when seeing a movie, so both movies have been given an extra 1/2 toad so they don't suffer totally if my own drowsiness was unfair.

    Movies That Begin With The Letter W. Or Not The Brillig Blogger 2008

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