cockeyed

Example Sentences

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I’m enough of a cockeyed optimist to believe that exposure to different cultures, to ways of being in, looking at and talking about the world, can cure a person of prejudice.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

Mr. Braun, who appeared in the series “Succession,” is a good foot taller than his co-star, giving an amusing physical aspect to their cockeyed friendship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Chun’s do-re-me scales become cockeyed before you grasp what’s happening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

Likewise, the cockeyed view of these Texans, who sometimes, but not always, let other people get away with things, is endearing.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024

In the narrow entryway carved from a former suite, cockeyed, dim, the two of us stood hugging and crying.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides