starry-eyed
Example Sentences
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He is a situational bear, a situational bull and, almost despite himself, at age 87, a gruff, perpetual, starry-eyed idealist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
There was still plenty of starry-eyed enthusiasm for the handsome young mayor and the hope he represented.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026
When others are making New Year’s resolutions, or are starry-eyed about the prospects of making money, many companies issue earnings preannouncements that are essentially confessions.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
There was enough hope in everyday life to hold onto, and the starry-eyed vision of the future made the rapture’s fearmongering futile.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
Born in Polish-Ukrainian Galicia, Rabi was the levelheaded physicist who had tartly denounced Strauss’s vendetta against Oppenheimer and had attempted, if fruitlessly, to talk Lawrence and Alvarez down from their starry-eyed pursuit of the Super.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
