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
It is not enough to open one's eyes on scenes; one must be able to be en rapport with them.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Travel and talk to foreigners open one's eyes to aggressive possibilities; history and its warnings become conceivable.
From The Research Magnificent by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
After sleeping, one woke unable to open one's eyes.
From With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia by Ward, John
Ah, my friends, might one not learn it at once, if one would but open one’s eyes and look at things as they are?
From Sermons for the Times by Kingsley, Charles
