wild-eyed
Example Sentences
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We recently suggested hedging in anticipation of a stock decline, but some investors will prefer to harness the wild-eyed enthusiasm of investor sentiment.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
It’s a simple but primal character motivation that Beetz sells with a wild-eyed ferocity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
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
At any rate, turkeys went into a wild-eyed, head-banging panic when a red-tailed hawk went over.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
