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glassy-eyed

[glas-ee-ahyd, glah-see-] / ˈglæs iˌaɪd, ˈglɑ si- /




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Advocates say an offbeat pastime can tempt a glassy-eyed recruiter to reread your application and serve as an icebreaker in interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Russell’s befuddled Jackson is as useless as a traffic cone but Blunt’s Margaret is a gas before the movie makes her go all glassy-eyed and solemn.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

After coming out fighting on the eve of this game, declaring his fire was "burning very strongly", Howe looked glassy-eyed in his news conference following this latest defeat.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

But glassy-eyed, meaty-bodied adults of the African clawed frog, or Xenopus laevis, have none of this regeneration prowess.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2022

Next term’s tuition, new clothes, freedom from my debt with Devi I saw Denna looking at the trays with the same fascination, though hers was somewhat more glassy-eyed than mine.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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