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Meanings of
blear-eyed
in English
Tired to the point of exhaustion.
bleary
blear
bleary-eyed
Related terms
tired
Usage of
blear-eyed
in English
1
The bald-headed, the dwarfed, and the
blear-eyed
are ineligible for the priesthood.
2
Blake stared up at him,
blear-eyed
with overstudy and loss of sleep.
3
But anything was better than being approached by these
blear-eyed
nightmarish witches.
4
But Lia was
blear-eyed
:
Rachel was well favoured, and of a beautiful countenance.
5
A
blear-eyed
ancient stood before him, balancing on a single crutch.
6
They have not solved the problem of the simple life, these shivering,
blear-eyed
folk.
7
The
blear-eyed
Governor made me a compliment, with a wrinkled hand upon his heart.
8
David had always thought of him as the bullying, bloated giant, purple-faced and
blear-eyed
.
9
Would Aurelia surrender to a
blear-eyed
foreigner in a moustache?
10
My bustling, comely housewife turned out a wizened,
blear-eyed
dame.
11
Grinders of cutlery die of consumption; weavers are stunted in their growth; smiths become
blear-eyed
.
12
He was thinking of the slovenly,
blear-eyed
woman who had brought him into the world.
13
Morrison and his common hotel, with its
blear-eyed
windows, were now well out of sight.
14
And the
blear-eyed
merchant wrote and sealed and filed and took no notice of his customers.
15
Then one
blear-eyed
and scab-faced cripple scrambled up and struck off his cap with a crutch.
16
That rather cast a damper over the enthusiasm until one
blear-eyed
man of fifty observed, knowingly:
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blear-eyed
Adjective
Frequent collocations
blear-eyed man
blear-eyed windows
become blear-eyed
blear-eyed creature
blear-eyed dame
More collocations
Blear-eyed
through the time