bloodshot
Example Sentences
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In the morning, she says she had a bloodshot eye.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024
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
While bloodshot eyes can look alarming, experts say, viral pink eye isn’t usually anything to worry about on its own, and Arcturus is not showing signs of being more dangerous than previous variants.
From Scientific American • May 12, 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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