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Meanings of bleary-eyed in English

Tired to the point of exhaustion.

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Usage of bleary-eyed in English
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The Medic was bleary-eyed and inclined to stagger when they freed him.
Plague Ship
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They had already been out canvassing bleary-eyed commuters at Malahide railway station.
The Irish Times
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All around her the other children were waking up in bleary-eyed mystification.
The Naked God
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He ate, but he was not bleary-eyed, and he did not huddle.
To the blight: the eye of the world
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And in my bleary-eyed state, I had confused Julie for my mom.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
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She stared at her bleary-eyed reflection in the mirror over the sink.
Unbelievable
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The old fellow was clearly sick as a dog, bleary-eyed and pale.
Orb Sceptre Throne
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A bleary-eyed Turkish barber came in and began heating water and stropping razors.
The confusion
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Badly, said Pérez, bleary-eyed and disheveled after working through the night.
The Guardian
10
It's called the blotched, rumpled, and bleary-eyed look; beauty shops can't duplicate it.
Dead calm
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The door is open, said the bleary-eyed Gueye, dressed in a blue robe.
Reuters
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I saw a bleary-eyed dope fiend going along the street the other day.
"Say Fellows—" / Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big I...
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The doctor was bleary-eyed from hours of admitting and running tests.
Quantico
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He looked up, bleary-eyed, and saw the gray-flanked bird through the dust-smeared window.
The Postman
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In the morning, the bleary-eyed gods stumbled into the dining hall for breakfast.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
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Killeen had arrived early, but even she seemed bleary-eyed and worn-out.
Guild wars: ghosts of ascalon