open one's eyes
Example Sentences
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It is enough to read the papers, and open one's eyes, in order to feel willing to shout along with the French college students: "Power to the imagination!"
From Time Magazine Archive
It was very wicked to open one's eyes during prayer, he knew.
From The Silver Maple by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
It is bad enough to open one's eyes at 6:30 on Monday morning.
From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna
Ah, my friends, might one not learn it at once, if one would but open one’s eyes and look at things as they are?
From Sermons for the Times by Kingsley, Charles
After sleeping, one woke unable to open one's eyes.
From With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia by Ward, John
