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

But I didn’t do any of those things as a dewy-eyed Disney fan.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

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

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

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