How To Use Bleary-eyed In A Sentence
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Instead of the grim faces of commuters on their way into work, people were bleary-eyed but smiling for no particular reason.
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Last month the judges -- bleary-eyed from reading 130 nominated books each -- attacked publishers for submitting works they called "portentous," "pretentious" and "pompous.
Eyes On The Prize
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When I say get by, I'm still bleary-eyed and coffee-dependent in the morning.
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My first instinct, because I was bleary-eyed after a very late night, was that it must be the first of April.
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A bleary-eyed Dan stood looking uncertainly at Cary.
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Just after sunrise twice a week, in a fluorescently lit room on Ohio State's sprawling campus, he lectures 49 bleary-eyed students on the art of coaching.
This Professor Looks Familiar
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Bleary-eyed soldiers stumbled from their tents.
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To a bleary-eyed child after a night at sea with the Burns Laird line, the noise of the Belfast men at work seemed deafening.
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Sometimes they come to school bleary-eyed after sitting up half the night on chat lines.
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I was bleary-eyed from the transatlantic leg of my itinerary, and became aware of a guy with a very loud voice who was vigorously fanboying one of the other passengers as we disembarked and had a long wait for the terminal bus.
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Bleary-eyed and hair astray, Alice answered the door.
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I was still bleary-eyed but very slowly all the faces came into focus.
The Sun
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I stumbled into work, bleary-eyed and dopey and at the first opportunity purchased a fruit juice smoothie from one of the hundreds of juice bars springing up all over the city.
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When we first see the rooster, he's gargling some water, and he's bleary-eyed; obviously, he just got up after a long boozy night.
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I was still bleary-eyed, getting on the boat.
Times, Sunday Times
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Riding a bike bleary-eyed is not a recipe for safe vehicular operation.
Small Victories?
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By the end of the set, the formerly bleary-eyed audience was readily engaged.
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The chart-topping star spoke to the rather bleary-eyed Barbara for a couple of minutes before he passed the phone back to Jason and was ushered away by his minders.
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It was as if they had come stumbling on to the pitch, bleary-eyed and out of sorts.
Times, Sunday Times
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They are always lounging against the store windows or posts for support, bleary-eyed, dissipated, swaggery, staggery.
Prudence Says So
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But perk up, my bleary-eyed friends: there are still a few well-after-sundown TV distractions worth seeking out.
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I promise I'm not gonna get all weepy and bleary-eyed here.
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A messenger from the mill woke the bleary-eyed Thompson at 3:00 a.m.
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I found several glass teapots with glass infusers, but that seemed like asking for trouble on a bleary-eyed morning.
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Although bleary-eyed, I manage to triumphantly wave a giant packet of wet wipes at them, explaining that I think they will find these very useful.
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A few days later, a bleary-eyed Dan crawled shame-facedly into his truck.
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The strike threat could further fray the shattered nerves of dozens of bleary-eyed wives, mothers and sisters who remained camped outside Carandiru.
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I found him first, a little withered, dried-up old fellow, wrinkled-faced and bleary-eyed and tottery.
CHAPTER XII
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The chart-topping star spoke to the rather bleary-eyed Barbara for a couple of minutes before he passed the phone back to Jason and was ushered away by his minders.
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And as any bleary-eyed parent may attest, getting your baby on a normal sleep schedule can be the key to survival.
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We dashed to the hospital, and a bleary-eyed consultant cardiologist came to examine her.
Times, Sunday Times
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And when the Yankees stepped off, they were still bleary-eyed from the night before.
There's No Joy as Yanks Settle for Wild Card
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However he has at least promised the bleary-eyed hacks that they can attend an informal chat over breakfast.
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Whatever it is, they like it that way, and bleary-eyed and torpid they fin, in just enough slow motion to keep themselves in accurate alignment.
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He appeared at breakfast bleary-eyed and with a hangover.
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I received a plain white envelope in today's post, which I idly opened while still bleary-eyed and caffeine-free.
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The three bleary-eyed women did not see the beauty in the brightening when they looked up at the sky and only felt ill at ease when they did.
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The party's finale after dawn sees bleary-eyed guests comforting Joe for the loss of his sister.
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As it happens, the lads are a little bleary-eyed today, having partied till late the previous night.
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There a lot of bleary-eyed people outside the coffee shop where we've been standing for a couple of hours now.
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Now they are in the studio, still bleary-eyed but fired up for a playoff with their new friends.
Times, Sunday Times
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Look out for bleary-eyed cast members.
The Sun
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She is a bleary-eyed woman with long, uncombed brown hair, still dressed in her pajamas.
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Via this intensive but bleary-eyed study, I've noticed with alarm that the warbling and chirruping of some birds increasingly resembles the ring tones of some mobile phones.
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Her guest was slightly bleary-eyed this morning, his thick hair tousled over his brow.
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It was as if they had come stumbling on to the pitch, bleary-eyed and out of sorts.
Times, Sunday Times
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At dawn you'll find him bumping around the Coomera Valley with a van full of bleary-eyed passengers in tow and a basket creaking on the trailer behind.
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I don't really miss it that much - I never liked making a bleary-eyed idiot of myself or the subsequent hangovers.
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Will I emerge gasping and spluttering, bleary-eyed; or will I learn to hold my breath, to close my eyes?
