open one's eyes
Example Sentences
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It is enough to read the papers, and open one's eyes, in order to feel willing to shout along with the French college students: "Power to the imagination!"
From Time Magazine Archive
This view is inconceivably foolish, for it is necessary only to open one's eyes to see what a pitiful use is made of the power which man already possesses to create wealth.
From Freeland A Social Anticipation by Hertzka, Theodor
After sleeping, one woke unable to open one's eyes.
From With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia by Ward, John
Sometimes, you know, it takes a big thing to open one’s eyes.
From Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story by Tarrant, Percy
It was very wicked to open one's eyes during prayer, he knew.
From The Silver Maple by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
