wide-eyed

Example Sentences

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Longtime Hartford residents are staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the sudden housing boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

When the chef left his war-torn homeland in 2015, he never imagined that one day he would watch as cameras flashed and wide-eyed crowds greeted the monarch arriving at his Soho restaurant last year.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The camera regularly abruptly panned to her musicians, who held the same wide-eyed stare as Gaga.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

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 • Feb. 1, 2026

The woman just takes out some more and gives some to both of us, watching wide-eyed at every move I make.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness