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
It came to symbolize the rapacious gluttony of that era — and its rejection of the dewy-eyed idealism of the 1960s.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2020
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
Perhaps that overseas experience helped debunk the dewy-eyed patriotic notion that we were all one big happy family working together in concert.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2017
The uncertainty lasted only a moment, for, as Jeanette, shy, and dewy-eyed, held out her arms to her new-found friend, quite suddenly Lucile knew.
From Lucile Triumphant by Duffield, Elizabeth M.
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