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Recent Examples of bleary-eyed
Of course, as any bleary-eyed obsessive knows, the real guy is most likely dead at this point, but don’t call filmmaker Charlie Shackleton late to the game.
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Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article For the first six years of his head coaching career, Tom Craft arrived at Palomar College’s football practices bleary-eyed and covered in plaster and drywall dust.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Verdict: These are very tasty, but still get you bleary-eyed.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
As dawn broke, a posse of bleary-eyed public servants, credentials on lanyards dangling over their sweatshirts, came out to meet the people.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
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Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article For the first six years of his head coaching career, Tom Craft arrived at Palomar College’s football practices bleary-eyed and covered in plaster and drywall dust.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Verdict: These are very tasty, but still get you bleary-eyed.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
As dawn broke, a posse of bleary-eyed public servants, credentials on lanyards dangling over their sweatshirts, came out to meet the people.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleary-eyed
Adjective
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At the same time, Schumer supporting the stopgap bill will only increase turmoil within the Democrat party, and make its members look more befuddled about how to deal with the Trump White House.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Despite constantly seeing that defense this season, Shanahan looked downright befuddled against it.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Not the concept of being dopey, mind you, but the actual character.—
Josh Spiegel,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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This shy, dopey, lovesick kid should not be responsible for a firearm.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers have recently taken a closer look at the role of the immune system in provoking those crapulous mornings.—
Jesse Hawley,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2021
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The memory ends with the image of my friend squatting, crapulous, and dumping her purse on the sidewalk.—
Justin Torres,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2021
Adjective
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But recording her debut album got off to a rocky start.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
5 Apr. 2025
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Hormone therapy’s rocky history Hormone therapy using estrogen alone or a combination of estrogen and progestin, a synthetic derivative of progesterone, restores estrogen levels and effectively treats menopausal symptoms.—
Matthew Nudy,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Several years from now, however, if scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center have their way, some chinook salmon will be chasing a very different scent: the rich, beery bouquet of brewer’s yeast.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 July 2023
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In a beery bromance Instagram video posted on Monday (May 15), Combs taught Sheeran how to shotgun a beer.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 May 2023
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“Bleary-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleary-eyed. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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