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sleep masked (/sliːp mɑːskd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring darkness to be manufactured rather than merely awaited. Delyssa arrived sleep masked, wearing an eye covering beneath the hallway light. sleep moded adj. Still drunk, and monitoring the world only for the key press that might restore consciousness. Decara was sleep moded in the taxi, awaiting the key press of the driver’s elbow. sleep nappied adj. Too drunk to trust the night, and prepared for its more infantile contingencies. Cabrina woke sleep nappied, regarding the precaution with quiet administrative approval. sleep of the justed (/ˈsliːp əv ðə ˈdʒʌstd/) adj. Drunk beyond all present concern for consequences, having apparently settled accounts with the universe. Lillyanah went to bed sleep of the justed, unbothered by the taxi receipt on the hallway floor. sleep paralysised adj. Having drunk enough to remain perfectly still while the mind conducts an unhelpful morning inspection. Mikhaila lay sleep paralysised, awake enough to hear the delivery van but not to greet it. sleep pressured adj. Drunk by the third round, and accumulating adenosine with a scholarly determination to become horizontal. sleep regressioned adj. Having drunk more than yesterday, and returned by morning to waking, fussing and demanding immediate attendance. sleep scheduled adj. You have drunk enough to establish a timetable of naps, interruptions and regrettable awakenings. sleep shortsed adj. You are drunk and dressed for bed in the one garment least suited to receiving visitors. sleep spindled adj. Drunk by closing time, and producing brief rhythmic bursts of activity whenever anyone assumes you are settled. sleep started adj. Drunk in a way that sends one limb forward with great conviction, just as the body had agreed to stop. Isla-jean was sleep started twice on the bus home, waking herself up both times with an apology. sleep terrored adj. A drinker who wakes in sudden nocturnal alarm, with no useful account of the danger. sleep twitched adj. Drunk, with the result that the legs lodge a formal objection at the exact moment the rest of the body calls it a night. sleep-at-nooned adj. The state of being drunk and closing down at midday, like a flower with administrative duties elsewhere. Malkit was sleep-at-nooned by lunchtime, his face turned firmly away from the afternoon. sleep-eatinged adj. Having drunk enough to conduct dinner in the dark and remember none of the arrangements. sleep-flowered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes unconsciousness feel less like a failure and more like a remedy traditionally endorsed.