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  • I gave him rest -- he who worked so hard for others, my dear, tired-eyed mortalist.

    Chapter 11: The Great Adventure 2010

  • The Commissioner, ascetic-looking, an Oxford graduate, narrow-shouldered and elderly, tired-eyed and bespectacled like the scholar he was, like the scientist he was, shrugged his shoulders.

    CHAPTER XXIV 2010

  • Four alector guards, tired-eyed but alert, watched the Table, but their eyes flickered toward Jonyst.

    Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • And on that note my tired-eyed reader†¦ that’s me shot my load for this year.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2003

  • They both fell silent as the shuffling, tired-eyed waitress returned.

    Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety] Saintcrow, Lilith 2005

  • The others, an elderly couple and a short, tired-eyed woman, he had never seen.

    A Sweet Scent of Death Guillermo Arriaga 2002

  • The others, an elderly couple and a short, tired-eyed woman, he had never seen.

    A Sweet Scent of Death Guillermo Arriaga 2002

  • Kira had been impressed by the young lieutenant, had stopped to speak with her: a thin, tired-eyed woman, with dirt on her face and a rising bruise from a rock someone had thrown.

    Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000

  • The tired-eyed mother looks up from the ornate bed, trying not to yawn.

    Scion of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • "True, my dear," answers the tired-eyed, but round-faced Matriarch, who yet wears black.

    Darksong Rising Modesitt, L. E. 1999

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