sheep's eyes
Example Sentences
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One gentleman remembers that when he was a big schoolboy he rode on the coach from Pittsfield, New Hampshire, to Dover, and he cast sheep’s-eyes at a pretty young woman who was a fellow-passenger.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse
You must remember her; she was casting sheep's-eyes at Mr. Brenton, all the time he was preaching.
From The Brentons by Dexter, Wilson C.
After that he did not venture to accost her for some time, but he cast a few sheep's-eyes at her in church.
From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles
She cast at him what are commonly called sheep's-eyes.
From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward
She used to make sheep's-eyes at—at somebody I knew.
From The Iron Woman by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
