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wide-eyed

[wahyd-ahyd] / ˈwaɪdˌaɪd /










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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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