bleary eye
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used to describe eyes that are red or watery and unfocused, typically from sleepiness or illness.
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Examples (20)
- He woke up with bleary eyes and stumbled towards the coffee machine.
- She woke up with bleary eyes after working all night.
- Through bleary eyes, she could just make out the numbers on the alarm clock.
- His bleary eyes struggled to focus on the alarm clock.
- A yawn escaped him as he rubbed his bleary eyes, trying to stay awake.
- The student rubbed her bleary eyes during the early morning lecture.
- After crying all night, she faced the morning with puffy, bleary eyes.
- After the long flight, passengers stumbled off with bleary eyes.
- His high fever left him with a splitting headache and bleary eyes.
- He squinted through bleary eyes at the bright morning sun.
- The programmer stared at the screen with bleary eyes after a 16-hour coding session.
- The new mother's bleary eyes showed weeks of sleepless nights.
- She looked up from her book, her eyes bleary from hours of reading in dim light.
- Through bleary eyes, she tried to read the important email.
- I could tell he hadn't slept well by the look of his bleary eyes.
- The night shift worker went home with bleary eyes.
- The old man peered at me with bleary, faded blue eyes.
- Her bleary eyes indicated she hadn't slept well in days.
- Wiping his bleary eyes, the driver continued his long journey through the night.
- He blinked his bleary eyes and reached for his coffee.