bleared

past tense of blear

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleared
Verb
  • Justin shares Jack with wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber, and while the couple often shares photos of their son, his face is often obscured.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And while the game gives some basic tutorials for new abilities, a few mechanics seem intentionally obscured.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Since opening in 1991, the café has blurred the lines between restaurant, nightclub, and theater.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For two days, climbers and onlookers gathered around a 45-foot wall—an ephemeral monument suspended above water—where the edges between sport, spectacle, and cultural communion blurred.
    Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The general outage follows an incident on Sunday when another failure darkened several provinces in eastern Cuba due to a transmission line failure.
    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Thunder crackled and skies darkened in Mooresville.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The name comes from how their interior walls were blackened from burning peat.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Currently, according to Applebee's website, menu items include bourbon street chicken and shrimp, hot honey glazed chicken and blackened Cajun salmon.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Bleared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleared. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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