dewy-eyed

Example Sentences

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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

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

And it brought together dewy-eyed adolescents, not dyspeptic acolytes of the Heritage Foundation.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2017

Neither I nor anybody I noticed around me are part of the "dewy-eyed demographic" Mr. Brantley sneers at, but nobody seemed to find watching it a chore.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2017

A little dewy-eyed pond, blue as the sky, was staring at him out of a saucer of green.

From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Ollivant, Alfred