Marit asked, fighting drowsiness, fighting sleep.

In this cozy setting, old Nilus always has the final word; he makes a short speech aimed at bolstering their morale, cheering them along the thorny path they've chosen, and freely gives practical advice on such arcane topics as how to fight drowsiness or to resist the various temptations of the flesh.

Trevellion was fighting drowsiness when he heard the tapping on his door-frame.

Buck found himself fighting drowsiness.

At 4 P.M. on a weekday, while his friends might be fighting drowsiness with cups of coffee at their desks, he could be anywhere in the Atlantic as the third officer on the Chesapeake City, an 880-foot oil tanker.

Sam drove, smoked, and fought drowsiness by worrying about how he would find the girl.

He fought drowsiness.

But the little girl complained of sleepiness and at last Dard huddled in the shelter with Dessie in his arms, the rifle at hand, fighting drowsiness to keep his grim vigil.

He fought drowsiness, knowing that unconsciousness was his enemy.