dewy-eyed
Example Sentences
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Led by the subject matter, he started singing more, his dewy-eyed timbre adding emotional depth to the fragmented, impressionistic soundscapes.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
Ms. Hunt said she begged studio executives to end her run of dewy-eyed coeds and romance-minded ingénues and give her a better range of parts, even if it meant a drop from marquee billing.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2022
When our protagonist, a dewy-eyed young man named Hughie, encounters the depravity of one such hero, he joins the Boys, a gang of misfits led by a mysterious man called Butcher.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2019
And it brought together dewy-eyed adolescents, not dyspeptic acolytes of the Heritage Foundation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2017
Sally Dearest, We are just home from the wedding and I wish you could see Lupe's dewy-eyed joy.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
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