cross-eyed
Example Sentences
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In recent episodes, Bercow’s oratorial prowess came into full flower, as he belched forth merciless diatribes that made several bystanders go cross-eyed.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2024
And so people who look at me cross-eyed when I do, OK.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2022
At the close, with her loopily cross-eyed cat for company, she sets about writing it down.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022
“I was cross-eyed because on one hand you had a state official to deplete the water labor and then another official coming back saying you need to increase it,” Muhammad said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021
“You can’t learn these things or inherit them,” she would tell him when she saw him going cross-eyed with concentration in his strenuous efforts to move the saltshaker without touching it.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
