glassy-eyed
Example Sentences
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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
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
Their expressions were glassy-eyed and weary, their limbs weak, their blood sugar so low they could not stand without feeling faint.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021
Judge Ford sat in glassy-eyed thought, elbows propped on the desk top, her chin resting on her folded hands.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
