wild-eyed

Example Sentences

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But to her credit, Ms. Coon never turns the character into a wild-eyed hysteric or a manipulated figure of pure pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Looking at long-term charts of silver can be very sobering, and wild-eyed internet gurus, heavy on dark conspiracism with proclamations of $10,000 silver, are hardly reassuring.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026

It captures the Greek wild-eyed, bare chested and surrounded by his elated team-mates, after scoring the winner in front of the away fans at the Stadium of Light in 2002.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

My bad behavior has consisted of begging a friend to delete it, not wild-eyed ranting, but still.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

Dill looked up to see a wild-eyed woman sprinting toward him.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner