wide-eyed
Example Sentences
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The girls had told Mrs. Redfield some wide-eyed tale about hearing strange sounds in the night.
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“The harp is playing by itself,” I said, wide-eyed.
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Most of the kids sat in wide-eyed astonishment.
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The camera regularly abruptly panned to her musicians, who held the same wide-eyed stare as Gaga.
From Los Angeles Times
Tartakovsky conveys all of Spear’s torment, loneliness and the magnitude of his love with zero dialogue, only a wide-eyed stare into the distance as he lumbers along, pulled by the memory of an unfinished life.
From Salon
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