bright-eyed
Example Sentences
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"Half past one, I was still awake, all still bright-eyed, and kind of bushy-tailed, and then I went horizontal and dozed off," she recalled.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Frank is the bright-eyed, mustachioed face of Christian music’s new wave: He has earned more than 1.2 billion on-demand streams in the U.S. in 2025, according to the data company Luminate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
The bright-eyed freshman running back had graduated from high school early, in the hope that he’d hit the ground running at USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
I do think a lot of times female protagonists have been very young and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and very plucky.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024
Oompah music was coming from the merry-go-round, and bright-eyed, happy people swarmed all around us.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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