"You're being much better to me than I deserve," he said, knowing he sounded groggy and hoping she understood.

She sounded groggy, but there was a sob there, too.

I groaned, trying to sound groggy.

In a brief telephone interview in his hospital room shortly after the surgery, Taylor sounded groggy and spoke slowly.

Two minutes later Dr. Sherman called back, sounding groggy himself.

Long Joseph's voice sounded groggy and stupid.

He sounds really groggy when he answers the phone.

Waiting for the first cup, he called Crawford, who, not surprisingly, sounded groggy.

The caller was Tony Woods, and he sounded groggy.

He sounded groggy from sleep and kept insisting that I describe to him what was happening.