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bleary-eyed Definition

bleary-eyed (-īd′)

adjective

having bleary eyes

bleary-eyed Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: The slightly bleary-eyed Guidelines session contained a good deal of interesting material.
  • rather: He answered the door looking rather bleary-eyed in a green tracksuit.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: He answered the door looking rather bleary-eyed in a green tracksuit.
  • stare: It is as if Grandma is on acid, staring bleary-eyed at her mantle piece clock full of knick-knacks.
  • emerge: The Professor returned to the theme first thing next morning, when the students emerged bleary-eyed from their tents.

Modifies a noun

  • state: I bet most people don't even realize they're picking up the Metro in their bleary-eyed state on a dark morning, half-asleep.
  • parent: The motion of a car also works and many bleary-eyed parents have resorted to midnight car journeys in the hope of getting some sleep.

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