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bleary

[bleer-ee] / ˈblɪər i /




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

From Salon Mar. 24, 2026

Instead, my laptop greeted my bleary eyes with a font of good tidings.

From Slate Mar. 8, 2025

Nghia spends the film with his mouth agape and his eyes wet and bleary behind thick prescription glasses.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2025

This morning, through bleary eyes, there is some surprise.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2023

I drag her out, but she's too bleary to stand, so I throw her over my shoulder and flee down the hall.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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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