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dewy-eyed

[doo-ee-ahyd, dyoo-] / ˈdu iˌaɪd, ˈdju- /


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Led by the subject matter, he started singing more, his dewy-eyed timbre adding emotional depth to the fragmented, impressionistic soundscapes.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

Ms. Smith’s sketch was competing against lavish paintings done in oils, but Gerber’s judges were captivated by its innocent immediacy: The dewy-eyed Ann gazes straight at the viewer, her lips pursed as if in wonder.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2022

It came to symbolize the rapacious gluttony of that era — and its rejection of the dewy-eyed idealism of the 1960s.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2020

When our protagonist, a dewy-eyed young man named Hughie, encounters the depravity of one such hero, he joins the Boys, a gang of misfits led by a mysterious man called Butcher.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2019

Sounds as if it might fitly convoy the dewy-eyed dove of my dreams....

From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell


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