bright-eyed
Example Sentences
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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
“I feel like we’re in one of those Sunday night dramas about two bright-eyed, feisty old lady detectives outsmarting the police at every turn.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
Sardar Gul has two malnourished children – three-year-old Umar and eight-month-old Mujib, a bright-eyed little boy he holds on his lap.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 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
As soon as Angelica and the little boy had vanished, Pantalaimon appeared from Lyra’s pocket, his mouse head ruffled and bright-eyed.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
