: having the eyes dimmed and watery (as from fatigue, drink, or emotion)
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When a system is melting down at 3 a.m. and the on-call engineer is bleary-eyed, that’s when your tool’s UX truly matters.—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 Every so often, the bleary-eyed budget chiefs, Sen. Ed Hooper of Palm Harbor and Rep. Lawrence McClure of Dover, appeared publicly for brief meetings in the state Capitol to ratify decisions that had already made in private.—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2025 Now, mornings pass into nights as Vest emerges bleary-eyed from sewing sessions that often last longer than her bouldering sessions.—Outside Online, 17 May 2025 But following every night of ecstasy comes a lonely, bleary-eyed morning-after.—Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bleary-eyed
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