Bleary Eyed

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. ❋ Hannah Karp (2010)

Brown The Washington Post Call it the real night shift - that noctural period when bleary-eyed adults leave warm beds to tend... ❋ The Washington Post (2011)

Lauded at Sundance, where its leads Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman and director won prizes, it's a brutal character study that takes a bleary-eyed look at the notion of redemption. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)

And when the Yankees stepped off, they were still bleary-eyed from the night before. ❋ Brian Costa (2010)

We surrender ourselves bleary-eyed and obsessively into the Google-clicking trance -- we descend deeply into the labyrinth of links within links within links -- and for this? ❋ Ph.D. Pamela Haag (2011)

Call it the real night shift - that noctural period when bleary-eyed adults leave warm beds to tend to the needs of sick kids, elderly parents, an ailing spouse or incontinent pet. ❋ The Washington Post (2011)

Joseph stumbles out of bed in the morning, a bleary-eyed craftsman wishing his son didn't wake him at 3 A.M. My thoughts turn to me: I too was a howling baby who woke up my parents. ❋ Charles Redfern (2011)

"We didn't find out until 2 1/2 or 3 hours later what was going on," said Katya Funk, 18, a bleary-eyed freshman in a sweatsuit. ❋ Daniel De Vise (2010)

To the shock of France, he was booked and walked the following day from a Harlem police station before a bevy of international photographers — handcuffed, rumpled and bleary-eyed. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Beside him, Cat swayed bleary-eyed and silent in the saddle. ❋ Alix Rickloff (2011)

The door opened and closed, the bell rang, and footsteps - their sound a dry shuffle - approached the counter behind which Orphan sat, bleary-eyed and untidy, a mug of coffee (the largest that was available) and the morning paper resting by his side. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This unsung hero is what protects you on the battlefields of the baggage carousel and saves your bleary-eyed self, after two layovers and a 12-hour flight, from going home with the wrong black wheelie. ❋ Alexis Swerdloff (2010)

Late bedtimes and an 8am or 9am start mean many workers reach the office already bleary-eyed. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We dressed quickly and raced across campus with all the other clumps of confused, bleary-eyed students. ❋ Kate Brian (2011)