How To Use Bleary In A Sentence

Instead of the grim faces of commuters on their way into work, people were bleary-eyed but smiling for no particular reason.
Everyone I've seen in London today has got bleary eyes, and is yawning.
He pulled a grimy handkerchief from his pocket and let fly with a wet honk into the rag, then he looked at them with bleary eyes.
And, he's come to more than one Christmas program all in brown, covered in diesel dust, and bleary eyed from the craziness that is holiday delivery season. Why Does It Feel So Different? - SpouseBUZZ
Just then, her bleary eyed, pajamaed husband Wilford Brimley walks in with a plate of pie. Y’all need backup? | clusterflock

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Last month the judges -- bleary-eyed from reading 130 nominated books each -- attacked publishers for submitting works they called "portentous," "pretentious" and "pompous. Eyes On The Prize
Surely most of us who have children can recall the bleary days of early parenthood when that baby woke us throughout the night. Kids sleep with their cell phones: Are they suffering from connection addiction?
Practically everyone I meet these days seems to have bleary eyes, scarlet noses and a croaking voice.
When I say get by, I'm still bleary-eyed and coffee-dependent in the morning.
The bleary eyes, he says, are down to a lack of sleep because of a faulty alarm on his motorbike.
My first instinct, because I was bleary-eyed after a very late night, was that it must be the first of April.
Alexander wakes with a start, gives a visitor a perplexed, somewhat bleary stare, then melts blissfully back into slumber.
Eyes bleary with salt water, like wearing dirty contacts; he shook his head, seawater slopping over his face. CORMORANT
Outside her room, her sister, Sabrina, scuffled into the bathroom bleary eyed.
A lot fo this ended up in bleary morning train rides home the next day. Archive 2010-02-01
The next morning brings heavy heads and bleary eyes, and a need for some fresh air.
A bleary-eyed Dan stood looking uncertainly at Cary.
Just after sunrise twice a week, in a fluorescently lit room on Ohio State's sprawling campus, he lectures 49 bleary-eyed students on the art of coaching. This Professor Looks Familiar
Bleary-eyed soldiers stumbled from their tents.
To a bleary-eyed child after a night at sea with the Burns Laird line, the noise of the Belfast men at work seemed deafening.
Sometimes they come to school bleary-eyed after sitting up half the night on chat lines.
She read until the light began to fail and then read some more, until her sight grew bleary and her head sank on to the desk. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
Along she came to see what was up, plodded over to the kitchen door all bleary eyed, and yowled to be let out.
He had not been sobbing but her cheeks were moist and his eyes were bleary.
I'm also still bleary from the weekend: worked all day yesterday, stayed up too late on Saturday helping my UConn-fan wife obliterate the immediate past with mojitos and Classical Barbra, and was out too late on Friday witnessing The Bad Plus in the flesh and then finally meeting Ethan Iverson. I care not for Caruso
A BusyBodyBook is a dayplanner for parents, which, although I have no direct experience of it, has got to be a good thing because hello? keeping track of all baby-related activities and appointments and whatever ain’t easy when you’re all bleary from the parenting business that you can’t keep track of in the first place. Oooh, prizes…! | Her Bad Mother
I was bleary-eyed from the transatlantic leg of my itinerary, and became aware of a guy with a very loud voice who was vigorously fanboying one of the other passengers as we disembarked and had a long wait for the terminal bus. Linkspam for 29-8-2009
Mornings The shades are drawn, and the computer screen bathes Chas's bleary eyes and papery skin in its pallid light. THE SAVAGE GIRL
Bleary-eyed and hair astray, Alice answered the door.
I was still bleary-eyed but very slowly all the faces came into focus. The Sun
She read until the light began to fail and then read some more, until her sight grew bleary and her head sank on to the desk. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
Even to his bleary eyes it must have been perfectly apparent that it was no natural wind that was pushing to come in. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
My eyes were bleary, and I just wanted to close them and go back to sleep.
I stumbled into work, bleary-eyed and dopey and at the first opportunity purchased a fruit juice smoothie from one of the hundreds of juice bars springing up all over the city.
When we first see the rooster, he's gargling some water, and he's bleary-eyed; obviously, he just got up after a long boozy night.
To convey his good tidings he lapses into party-animal mode, bellowing and boogalooing in the bleary, mega-groovy manner of his on-screen character.
I was still bleary-eyed, getting on the boat. Times, Sunday Times
It is a coolish early-summer evening, and a bleary grey dusk is gradually darkening into night.
Eyes bleary with salt water, like wearing dirty contacts; he shook his head, seawater slopping over his face. CORMORANT
When I opened my bleary eyes once again, I found myself lying on the soft, overstuffed sofa in the centre of the small living room in which I was currently residing.
Everything got real fuzzy for her when something sharp was stabbed into her leg, and suddenly, everything became a good sensation to her bleary and dull senses.
Even to his bleary eyes it must have been perfectly apparent that it was no natural wind that was pushing to come in. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
His breath was yeasty with alcoholic vapours, his eyes bleary and red as if he'd been drinking all night. THE BROKEN GOD
Through bleary eyes, they watched in horror as a blaze devoured the house of one of their best-loved families.
Riding a bike bleary-eyed is not a recipe for safe vehicular operation. Small Victories?
Two groups in a row, she’s been rumpled and bleary, which is out of character for her. THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB
The rocking of the rickety, old train and the whoosh and whir of the wheels teased our weary bodies and bleary eyes.
Once she had inhaled enough oxygen, Jynx peered up with bleary eyes only to find a pair of red eyes and a smirk staring down at her.
By the end of the set, the formerly bleary-eyed audience was readily engaged.
Alexander wakes with a start, gives a visitor a perplexed, somewhat bleary stare, then melts blissfully back into slumber.
The chart-topping star spoke to the rather bleary-eyed Barbara for a couple of minutes before he passed the phone back to Jason and was ushered away by his minders.
Somewhere in the bleary early hours of last Friday morning, a bunch of jubilant strangers gatecrashed the victory party of Labour's newest MP.
It was as if they had come stumbling on to the pitch, bleary-eyed and out of sorts. Times, Sunday Times
They are always lounging against the store windows or posts for support, bleary-eyed, dissipated, swaggery, staggery. Prudence Says So
But perk up, my bleary-eyed friends: there are still a few well-after-sundown TV distractions worth seeking out.
I promise I'm not gonna get all weepy and bleary-eyed here.
A messenger from the mill woke the bleary-eyed Thompson at 3:00 a.m.
I found several glass teapots with glass infusers, but that seemed like asking for trouble on a bleary-eyed morning.
Although bleary-eyed, I manage to triumphantly wave a giant packet of wet wipes at them, explaining that I think they will find these very useful.
Mornings The shades are drawn, and the computer screen bathes Chas's bleary eyes and papery skin in its pallid light. THE SAVAGE GIRL
A few days later, a bleary-eyed Dan crawled shame-facedly into his truck.
Nothing spoils the savour of a good wine or takes the zing out of a gin and tonic like having it served in a smeary, bleary glass.
The creamy concealers and highlighters in Pixi's Eye Bright Kit are the ultimate cover-up for bleary eyes the morning after the night before.
The strike threat could further fray the shattered nerves of dozens of bleary-eyed wives, mothers and sisters who remained camped outside Carandiru.
I found him first, a little withered, dried-up old fellow, wrinkled-faced and bleary-eyed and tottery. CHAPTER XII
The chart-topping star spoke to the rather bleary-eyed Barbara for a couple of minutes before he passed the phone back to Jason and was ushered away by his minders.
And as any bleary-eyed parent may attest, getting your baby on a normal sleep schedule can be the key to survival.
Through Mrs. Trapolli’s kitchen window, Maia can see daylight draining into the sky, bleaching it in bleary transparent streaks. Maia in Yonkers
Andrew rolled over and looked at her though still bleary eyes.
His hangdog face looks like pummelled dough and unspoken anxieties lurk in his bleary eyes. Times, Sunday Times
We dashed to the hospital, and a bleary-eyed consultant cardiologist came to examine her. Times, Sunday Times
And when the Yankees stepped off, they were still bleary-eyed from the night before. There's No Joy as Yanks Settle for Wild Card
However he has at least promised the bleary-eyed hacks that they can attend an informal chat over breakfast.
Whatever it is, they like it that way, and bleary-eyed and torpid they fin, in just enough slow motion to keep themselves in accurate alignment.
Mind you, for the first part of the last century Wales's away match against Scotland was traditionally the fabled weekend for the working classes down there – with no end of night-special excursion trains steaming up north through the witching hours to deposit all down Princes Street at dawn, a bleary throng seething contentedly with high expectations as well as, it must be said, boozy, beery odours. Dragon dreams of Barry John, Gareth Edwards and springtime in Paris | Frank Keating
He immediately retires to bed for an hour's rest, then reappears, bleary eyed, for a 45-minute massage.
He struggled to sit up as he peered at Ymiru's work through his bleary eyes. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE
He appeared at breakfast bleary-eyed and with a hangover.
Mulder was on the sink, watching intently as John Brown batted around what my bleary eyes assumed was a bottlecap or tuft of hair.
I received a plain white envelope in today's post, which I idly opened while still bleary-eyed and caffeine-free.
The three bleary-eyed women did not see the beauty in the brightening when they looked up at the sky and only felt ill at ease when they did.
The bar is open, and the smell of cheap beer perfumes the air like the sweet, dangerous promise of bleary nights and blearier mornings. Chicagotribune.com -
Her eyes were still bleary from tears when he approached her, but they weren't tears of sadness or even regret.
We pull on our coats with bleary yanks as the alcohol works its universal spell, and bump out the door.
The party's finale after dawn sees bleary-eyed guests comforting Joe for the loss of his sister.
You turn over in your half-sleep and try to read the numbers, but they blur before your bleary eyes.
We pull on our coats with bleary yanks as the alcohol works its universal spell, and bump out the door.
The screen would move in waves in front of my bleary eyes so I'd give up trying to make sense of the dancing letters after a few minutes.
As it happens, the lads are a little bleary-eyed today, having partied till late the previous night.
She would arrive late looking crumpled and haggard after a late night, with straggly hair and bleary eyes.
Woken as I was this morning at some unearthly hour by the sound of rain falling against the window I scrambled bleary eyed out of bed to this sight.
There a lot of bleary-eyed people outside the coffee shop where we've been standing for a couple of hours now.
Now they are in the studio, still bleary-eyed but fired up for a playoff with their new friends. Times, Sunday Times
Bleary opener ‘Analogue Skillet’ starts things on a queasy, seasick note.
I blinked to muzzy awareness, licked dry lips and tried to rub bleary eyes, only to be brought up short by the restraints and a lance of pain through my wounds.
The next morning brings heavy heads and bleary eyes, and a need for some fresh air.
He struggled to sit up as he peered at Ymiru's work through his bleary eyes. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE
Look out for bleary-eyed cast members. The Sun
Just then, her bleary eyed, pajamaed husband [Wilford Brimley] walks in with a plate of pie. Y’all need backup? | clusterflock
There was a rustle of straw in the corner of the chamber, illumined by a shaft of diffident sunlight that looked as though it had got up far too early, and a tousled head poked out, squinting bleary eyes into the dusty gloom.
Like Lads - the real inheritors of the hippie legacy - Emin's bleary, blurry, beery, leery, lairy anti-sensualist sensibility is an advert for the vacuity of her own preferences.
Eyes bleary with salt water, like wearing dirty contacts; he shook his head, seawater slopping over his face. CORMORANT
A drunken, bleary Jerry Lee Lewis, still clad in gold lamé, clutches a bottle as he staggers down a Memphis street.
Mrs Bargarz has opened a bleary eye and spotted my midnight endeavours.
Bert was stunned as the surreal scene continued to unfold in front of his bleary, disbelieving eyes.
Nothing spoils the savour of a good wine or takes the zing out of a gin and tonic like having it served in a smeary, bleary glass.
A llama's whining bleat sounded through the veils of sleep, jolting me to bleary awareness.
In a bleary voice he seems to be maundering about Christ, Armageddon, calendars, and China.
I crawled into the day with bleary eyes and a slothful demeanour.
Ronald's bleary eyes widened in surprise when he saw his 15 year old son standing in front of him.
She is a bleary-eyed woman with long, uncombed brown hair, still dressed in her pajamas.
Via this intensive but bleary-eyed study, I've noticed with alarm that the warbling and chirruping of some birds increasingly resembles the ring tones of some mobile phones.
I eased a bleary eye through a crack in the curtains to get a foretaste of the weather.
Her guest was slightly bleary-eyed this morning, his thick hair tousled over his brow.
It was after midnight, my eyes were bleary and my head was cloudy from drink.
It was as if they had come stumbling on to the pitch, bleary-eyed and out of sorts. Times, Sunday Times
Nothing spoils the savour of a good wine or takes the zing out of a gin and tonic like having it served in a smeary, bleary glass.
At dawn you'll find him bumping around the Coomera Valley with a van full of bleary-eyed passengers in tow and a basket creaking on the trailer behind.
I don't really miss it that much - I never liked making a bleary-eyed idiot of myself or the subsequent hangovers.
Will I emerge gasping and spluttering, bleary-eyed; or will I learn to hold my breath, to close my eyes?

How To Use Bleary In A Sentence

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