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glassy-eyed

[glas-ee-ahyd, glah-see-] / ˈglæs iˌaɪd, ˈglɑ si- /




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After coming out fighting on the eve of this game, declaring his fire was "burning very strongly", Howe looked glassy-eyed in his news conference following this latest defeat.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

People who had been laughing with their friends and taking selfies an hour and a half earlier looked glassy-eyed and peaceful, as if they were coming out of a trance.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

The women of Stepford transform into glassy-eyed housewives within months of arriving.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2022

But glassy-eyed, meaty-bodied adults of the African clawed frog, or Xenopus laevis, have none of this regeneration prowess.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

Chapped lips, glassy-eyed, but not quite a water-zombie yet.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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