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Recent Examples of bleary-eyed
The Better-Than-PJs Look For bleary-eyed, early morning check-ins when putting together a stylish ensemble seems like a Herculean task, co-ords are your friend.
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Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 17 July 2025
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
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Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 17 July 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleary-eyed
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OpenAI appeared befuddled at the bad reception and promised to make changes.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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To my right, a man in a tracksuit looked befuddled.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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As a result, for decades, dopey tourists have visited the actual Stonehenge site in the U.K. humming the tune.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Sep. 2025
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Pritzker and dopey Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have turned Chicago into Kabul during Joe Biden’s criminal withdrawal, or Saigon during the Tet Offensive.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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 belt, which marks the boundary between the inner rocky planets and the outer gas giants, is as old as the solar system itself.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The mighty Mercury is a storied franchise with three championship titles earned during Diana Taurasi’s legendary tenure in The Valley, but recent years have been a bit rocky.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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