fish-eyed

Example Sentences

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The white-and-brown animal stands fish-eyed and proud beside Ebsen, who wears a subtly glamorous ensemble of bell-bottom jeans, dark V-neck tee, and tortoiseshell Prada sunglasses.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

As a smirk plays about the corners of Mr. Foster’s mouth, his sneaky, fish-eyed performance suggests he is the director’s designated hit man.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2016

With his fish-eyed expression and side-of-the-mouth patter, Buscemi is not a natural lead.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2011

“No,” said Culver, who was trying to imagine life on West Lincoln Avenue using an online photo of his new house and what he could glean from the fish-eyed pictures on Google Street View.

From Washington Post

But what makes me mad is to have it ladled out to me by that long-faced, fish-eyed food destroyer, whose only joy in life is to hunt me down and gloat over my misery.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)