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Recent Examples of bleary-eyed
As dawn broke, a posse of bleary-eyed public servants, credentials on lanyards dangling over their sweatshirts, came out to meet the people.
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Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Childhood visits to Kenya were a mission in themselves—three days of connecting flights and interminable transits in Athens, Cairo, and Nairobi before arriving, bleary-eyed and bad-tempered, in Mombasa.
—Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2024
In the clip, a bleary-eyed Robertson shows her toddler sitting up in bed eating a popsicle and watching TV in the dark.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Rutgers had just cut the Trojans lead to eight, leaving bleary-eyed fans worried that another late collapse was incoming.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Childhood visits to Kenya were a mission in themselves—three days of connecting flights and interminable transits in Athens, Cairo, and Nairobi before arriving, bleary-eyed and bad-tempered, in Mombasa.
—Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2024
In the clip, a bleary-eyed Robertson shows her toddler sitting up in bed eating a popsicle and watching TV in the dark.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Rutgers had just cut the Trojans lead to eight, leaving bleary-eyed fans worried that another late collapse was incoming.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleary-eyed
Adjective
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Despite constantly seeing that defense this season, Shanahan looked downright befuddled against it.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
12 Dec. 2024
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The animals are found in unnatural positions and drained entirely of blood by befuddled ranchers in Minnesota, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Oregon and elsewhere. Sgt.—
Christina Coulter,
Fox News,
28 Nov. 2024
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As Malcolm in the Middle’s hilariously dopey, clueless dad Hal, Cranston was a household name long before donning Heisenberg’s pork pie hat.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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The trailer also gave glimpses of the other superheroes in that world, including Nathan Fillion’s Guy Gardner/Green Lantern (dopey haircut and all), Isabela Merced’s Hawkgirl and Edi Gathegi’s Mr. Terrific.—
Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Researchers have recently taken a closer look at the role of the immune system in provoking those crapulous mornings.—
Jesse Hawley,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2021
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The memory ends with the image of my friend squatting, crapulous, and dumping her purse on the sidewalk.—
Justin Torres,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2021
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Billy Ray gave a rocky performance at the Liberty Ball, struggling through technical difficulties and singing acapella while pacing about the stage.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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In it, a small baby lies on a tomb of red velvet, her skin and dress a rocky gray (Eguiguren Arte de Hispanomérica, D10) and eye sockets blank, an icy contrast to the fresh roses and wildflowers with which she is adorned.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Several years from now, however, if scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center have their way, some chinook salmon will be chasing a very different scent: the rich, beery bouquet of brewer’s yeast.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 July 2023
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In a beery bromance Instagram video posted on Monday (May 15), Combs taught Sheeran how to shotgun a beer.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 May 2023
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“Bleary-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleary-eyed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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