: having the eyes dimmed and watery (as from fatigue, drink, or emotion)
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Within minutes, 47 frustrated engineers flood the war room, followed by dozens of emergency calls and bleary-eyed troubleshooting.—Karthik Sj, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 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.—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 See all Example Sentences for bleary-eyed
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