Bleary-eyed (Adjective)
Meaning
Tired to the point of exhaustion.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- After pulling an all-nighter to meet the project deadline, she stumbled into the office bleary-eyed and exhausted.
- The early morning alarm jolted him awake, and he groggily opened his bleary-eyed stare to a new day.
- Following the 36-hour road trip, the driver looked bleary-eyed as he struggled to stay focused on the final stretch.
- After staying up late to watch the game, the fan stumbled into work the next day with bleary-eyed exhaustion etched on his face.
- As she shuffled to the coffee machine, her bleary-eyed gaze seemed to struggle to take in the early morning chaos around her.