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cross-eyed

[kraws-ahyd, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌaɪd, ˈkrɒs- /


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When you play a dead person, if you go a little bit cross-eyed and you don't focus, that works to keep your eyes from following movement.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022

The result had the ineffability of experimental theater yet the ingratiating gusto of showbiz, full of cross-eyed expressions and flirtations with the audience.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022

And so people who look at me cross-eyed when I do, OK.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2022

“I was cross-eyed because on one hand you had a state official to deplete the water labor and then another official coming back saying you need to increase it,” Muhammad said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021

There had been a scrape right on the end of Deen’s nose, she remembered, that caused him to go cross-eyed each time he tried to look down at it.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder




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