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Recent Examples of bleary-eyed
Rutgers had just cut the Trojans lead to eight, leaving bleary-eyed fans worried that another late collapse was incoming.
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Some boat owners, bleary-eyed from a sleepless night, showed up to find their dock lines had broken and their boats were damaged.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Farther down the block, a shirtless man answered the door, bleary-eyed and idly rubbing his chest.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Forgive them for being a bit bleary-eyed to begin this one.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Some boat owners, bleary-eyed from a sleepless night, showed up to find their dock lines had broken and their boats were damaged.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Farther down the block, a shirtless man answered the door, bleary-eyed and idly rubbing his chest.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Forgive them for being a bit bleary-eyed to begin this one.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bleary-eyed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleary-eyed
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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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Claire’s dopey jock boyfriend Simon (Charlie Hall) generally annoys her with his requests for sexts and movie nights.Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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In the course of four weeks this summer, with data from only a couple of dozen players, the robot had progressed from dopey beginner to high intermediate.James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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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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The games were packed with bugs and glitches, some large and some small, and performance was rocky at best.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The couple had a rocky start after Jones proposed to another woman, Mallory Zapata.Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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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 Dec. 2024.
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