heavy-eyed

At ten minutes to midnight they were all gathered in the garage, Claudia heavy-eyed and stumbling, the older three prickling with alertness.

The Night Of the Solstice L.J. SMITH 2010

Whenever I see some straggly-haired, heavy-eyed, palpably-exhausted-looking woman clambering onto the bus with a pushchair - trying to shush its howling tomato-faced occupant without actually resorting to physical violence - my instinctive reaction is not jealousy, fury and rage against the fates for denying me my biological destiny and the wonders of motherhood.

Hell Is The Mothers juliette 2009

Congress, the erstwhile supervisor, dozes at the wheel and nods its heavy-eyed approval.

Winslow T. Wheeler: The Pentagon's Black Hole 2009

Whenever I see some straggly-haired, heavy-eyed, palpably-exhausted-looking woman clambering onto the bus with a pushchair - trying to shush its howling tomato-faced occupant without actually resorting to physical violence - my instinctive reaction is not jealousy, fury and rage against the fates for denying me my biological destiny and the wonders of motherhood.

Archive 2009-01-01 juliette 2009

This comparison may not be fully convincing to those who read the book and, ah, well, get heavy-eyed and put it aside for good.

James Warren: This Week in Magazines: An Electric-Fuel-Trade Acid Test and the South Rises Against the New Yorker 2009

Tried to go through books of picture postcards but was a bit too heavy-eyed after the prosciutto lunch and well ... you understand.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

A heavy-eyed young Jewess, a draggled prostitute — no crimson flower for her hair, poor girl! — regards us with a momentary speculation, and we get a whiff of foul language from two newsboys on the kerb.

A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006

Scarlet-cheeked and heavy-eyed, she finished unpacking with more speed than care, then took out her laptop and opened it.

The Rich Man's Royal Mistress Donald, Robyn 2006

Scarlet-cheeked and heavy-eyed, she finished unpacking with more speed than care, then took out her laptop and opened it.

The Rich Man's Royal Mistress Donald, Robyn 2006

Becky admired little Matilda, who was not quite four years old, as the most charming little love in the world; and the boy, a little fellow of two years — pale, heavy-eyed, and large-headed — she pronounced to be a perfect prodigy in point of size, intelligence, and beauty.

Vanity Fair 2006