glassy-eyed
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Russell’s befuddled Jackson is as useless as a traffic cone but Blunt’s Margaret is a gas before the movie makes her go all glassy-eyed and solemn.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
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
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
Vinyard, who was the driver, and Amaya have told federal investigators they believed Ghaisar might have been intoxicated because he appeared glassy-eyed when they first pulled alongside him.
From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021
Next term’s tuition, new clothes, freedom from my debt with Devi I saw Denna looking at the trays with the same fascination, though hers was somewhat more glassy-eyed than mine.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
