wild-eyed

Example Sentences

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And we stumbled together up the bluff and across the moor toward Miss Maggie, who woke at our pounding and came to the door, wild eyed, and took us straight in.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

And to Nathaniel, staring wild eyed and silent now, the spectacle was one that seemed to blast the very soul within him and send his blood in rushing torrents of fire to his sickened brain.

From The Courage of Captain Plum by Curwood, James Oliver

I put up with it for a time; then, one day, I asked mother why Brita was looking so pale and wild eyed.

From Jerusalem by Howard, Velma Swanston

A sorry crew they looked, ragged, wild eyed, and emaciated, as the boats brought them ashore at the Market Stairs to the strains of the Falmouth Artillery Band.

From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

No more shall wild eyed deer, Fretful hares, hawks and hounds Entrance mine ear and vision, Or frantically depart when Stealthy footsteps disturb the lark, Ere Phœbus' golden light Illuminates the dawn.

From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by Joyce, John A.