bloodshot
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bloodshot
1545–55; apocopated variant of blood-shotten. See blood, shotten
Example Sentences
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Locals loved the story about the one-eyed New York man who had a special bloodshot glass eyeball made, so that when he came to L.A. on business, his fake eye matched his real one.
From Los Angeles Times
That’s when you see his glittering horns and his bloodshot red eye.
From Literature
Her cheeks are stained with tears and her eyes are bloodshot.
From Literature
His eyes were bloodshot and his breath was hot.
From Literature
The kludde stumbled, its eyes turning bloodshot, and gave a high thin cry.
From Literature
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