dewy-eyed
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Led by the subject matter, he started singing more, his dewy-eyed timbre adding emotional depth to the fragmented, impressionistic soundscapes.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
Ms. Hunt said she begged studio executives to end her run of dewy-eyed coeds and romance-minded ingénues and give her a better range of parts, even if it meant a drop from marquee billing.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022
Ms. Smith’s sketch was competing against lavish paintings done in oils, but Gerber’s judges were captivated by its innocent immediacy: The dewy-eyed Ann gazes straight at the viewer, her lips pursed as if in wonder.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2022
When our protagonist, a dewy-eyed young man named Hughie, encounters the depravity of one such hero, he joins the Boys, a gang of misfits led by a mysterious man called Butcher.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2019
He saw a dewy-eyed Battista owning himself Love's priest.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry