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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

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

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2025

The smell of decomposition hung so heavily over the base that a bearded volunteer, eyes bleary but kind, offered eucalyptus oil to sprinkle inside masks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023

This morning, through bleary eyes, there is some surprise.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023

Brinker asked him if it shouldn’t be called “unrolling stock” now, and the old man looked back at him with bleary dislike and didn’t reply.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles




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