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bloodshot

[bluhd-shot] / ˈblʌdˌʃɒt /
ADJECTIVE
inflamed
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"So we came out in the night hours, we went to the bush. There's a mountain up there, we slept there," said the 31-year-old, his eyes bloodshot.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Delilah's other symptoms included bloodshot eyes, swollen fingers, skin peeling off her hands and feet, a rash, cracked lips and a swollen, red, bumpy tongue - known as strawberry tongue.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026

When he briefly opened his eyes, they were bloodshot, the deputy wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

“I told him how great he was and that his art was going to live forever,” Scharf says, his eyes now bloodshot.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023

Instead of eyes, they just had closed, sunken eyelids, except for Anger, who had one bloodshot green eye that stared at everything hungrily, as if it couldn’t get enough of anything it saw.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan


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