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.