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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

Was this project bleary, distortion-fried indie-rock with a certain moon-eyed Babygirl appeal?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

It's a lively home, with three dogs and four young children, and Arpineh's husband and mother are bleary eyed and exhausted with worry, trying to put on brave faces.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

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

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2025

For eight days, on alternate four-hour shifts, he watched with aching and bleary eyes those glinty metallic forms move against the vague background.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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