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bleary

[bleer-ee] / ˈblɪər i /




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She sang more heartily in songs from “Bass Persuades,” which would’ve been better news if that tuneless mishmash of bleary synths and dated club beats weren’t one of the year’s least likable pop records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Mr. Turturro exudes the bleary exhaustion of a man nursing an epochal hangover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

She was clad in a sweatshirt and bleary from the early hour.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

It's a lively home, with three dogs and four young children, and Arpineh's husband and mother are bleary eyed and exhausted with worry, trying to put on brave faces.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025

Her eyes opened and she looked at me, bleary, like she was somewhere deep inside herself and peering out at me through miles of brain and body.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

The meticulousness of Megan’s rhymes, as delivered in the crisp yet chatty flow she’s worked hard to develop, sets her apart from the rappers making blearier, more abstract sounds at the moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2020

Porto Rico night crowds are no blearier than those of Paris or Pittsburgh.

From Time Magazine Archive


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