: characterized by dimness, indistinctness, or obscurity
the blurred names on the gravestones
: lacking clarity or sharpness : blurry
a blurred photograph
blurred vision
blurredly
adverb
I am being lifted into the air—and even as I pant and stare blurredly, limply, mindlessly, a map appears, of the dark ground where I ran …
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Harold Brodkey
Harold Brodkey
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The blurred glass between Sheryl and her bachelors was meant to enhance the tension.
—Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
The first holds nothing: a few blank-eyed roe deer, a blurred boar, cattle, dogs.
—Emily Soreghan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
The reality star tagged Teeter in several new intimate photos of the pair, kicking off with a black and white blurred photo of the two staring lovingly at each other in front of the city skyline.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
After another row or two, Daignault’s canvases become increasingly abstract, finally dissolving into blurred daubs of color against black fields.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
The first holds nothing: a few blank-eyed roe deer, a blurred boar, cattle, dogs.
—Emily Soreghan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
The reality star tagged Teeter in several new intimate photos of the pair, kicking off with a black and white blurred photo of the two staring lovingly at each other in front of the city skyline.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
After another row or two, Daignault’s canvases become increasingly abstract, finally dissolving into blurred daubs of color against black fields.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Blurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blurred. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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