How to Use bloodshot in a Sentence

bloodshot

adjective

• If the eyes are the windows to the soul, bloodshot eyes are the windows to your health.
  — Kristin Canning, Health, 30 June 2023
• The driver, a Solon man, 44, had red, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 1 June 2017
• The man, who was not injured, had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes.
  — cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
• The officer said Karl had bloodshot eyes and smelled of booze.
  — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 3 July 2019
• The affidavit added that Young’s eyes were bloodshot and watery, and his speech was slurred.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
• Lawmen at the scene noticed the boy had knots and bruising on his forehead and bloodshot eyes.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2019
• The woman had glassy, red, bloodshot eyes and alcohol on her breath.
  — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2017
• Cohn had bloodshot eyes, a botched face-lift, thinning hair, and a leathery tan, as if he’d been left too long on the griddle.
  — Dwight Garner, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2019
• He too was pulled to safety from beneath the surging waters, red-faced and with bloodshot eyes.
  — Peter Landers, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2017
• As the year rolls on, some of us are still constantly sneezing and fighting the urge to rub our itchy, bloodshot eyes with the changing of the seasons.
  — Kelsey Castañon, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• Officers noted that the woman had a swollen and bloodshot left eye.
  — cleveland, 16 Nov. 2019
• What Amy didn’t know was those glasses were hiding a pair of eyes turned bloodshot by the drugs saving Staley’s life.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
• One of the central characters, a boss named Oh Sang-sik, was always drawn the same way: stressed out grimace and bloodshot eyes.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 28 June 2018
• Your willingness to watch tape until your eyes were bloodshot verged on masochism.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 10 July 2017
• Then the locker room door opens and its Jerry Jones, storming in with bloodshot eyes full or rage and a heart full of disgust and sadness.
  — Andy Nesbitt, For The Win, 20 Dec. 2019
• The symptoms, such as headache, fever, a rash, bloodshot eyes, were generally mild.
  — National Geographic, 28 Jan. 2016
• On Mother's Day, McPhail said, his next door neighbor realized one of the puppies had bloodshot eyes and was hunched over in pain.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 25 May 2017
• During the stop, the officer noticed Guerrero had bloodshot eyes and the smell of alcohol on his breath.
  — Tampa Bay Times, 21 Feb. 2017
• The only evidence of the accident are his bruised, bloodshot eyes.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• Howard's eyes were bloodshot and watery during the interview with the highway patrol and his speech was thick and slurred, according to the report.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 15 May 2024
• The driver's eyes were barely open and completely bloodshot.
  — Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 23 June 2017
• Officers said Belle had bloodshot eyes and his breath smelled like alcohol, police wrote in the report.
  — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 26 Mar. 2018
• Pink eye can cause bloodshot eyes, itching, tearing, a gritty feeling, and crustiness, the Mayo Clinic says.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 3 July 2018
• A few minutes later, the woman, who smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot eyes, was escorted out and told to get a cab, the warrant report said.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2017
• Besides the bloodshot blue eye, the lawn has been the destination for weddings, yoga classes and picnics.
  — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
• The Cubs landed Los Angeles around noon Friday with bags under their bloodshot eyes.
  — Dylan Hernandez, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• Gordon smelled of alcohol and had red, bloodshot eyes when deputies arrested him.
  — Yaremi Farinas, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2017
• The officer noticed the driver had glossy, bloodshot eyes and seemed confused about the paperwork and which direction he was headed.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 28 July 2023
• The officer also wrote that Woods' eyes appeared to be bloodshot, had a hard time finishing her thoughts and refused to take a breathalyzer test.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Apr. 2024
• Two days before The Times visited, the 79th brigade had suffered heavy losses, the toll of unrelenting combat evident in their bleary and bloodshot eyes.
  — Tyler Hicks Marc Santora, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024