wide-eyed
Example Sentences
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"We're anxious, we're empty inside - why us?" she said, wide eyed and raising her hands in despair.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2022
I think people get pretty wide eyed when they see the numbers come across the screen.
From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2016
But the difference is when you talk to him he is not as wide eyed about it.
From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2016
Berlinda, dressed in a pink plaid shirt and ruffled shorts, emerged from the ambulance wide eyed and scared.
From Time • Oct. 1, 2014
She had a whole circle of girls around her, listening wide eyed.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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