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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

With a bleary, almost hallucinatory sound that blended elements of rap from New York, L.A.,

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2025

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

From Slate Mar. 8, 2025

For 90 tightly-wound minutes, Green mixes bleary naturalism and baked-in dread, as these modern women are exposed to the handsy, winking Neanderthal clientele, and the bar turns into a ticking time bomb.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2024

"Who, Georgie?" she said, looking at me out of one bleary eye.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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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