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glassy-eyed

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




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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

Their expressions were glassy-eyed and weary, their limbs weak, their blood sugar so low they could not stand without feeling faint.

From Washington Post Oct. 28, 2021

Hawkers yelled and buyers bargained, standing over glassy-eyed seer, mackerel, and bass.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook




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