wild-eyed

Example Sentences

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But to her credit, Ms. Coon never turns the character into a wild-eyed hysteric or a manipulated figure of pure pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Looking at long-term charts of silver can be very sobering, and wild-eyed internet gurus, heavy on dark conspiracism with proclamations of $10,000 silver, are hardly reassuring.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026

But others chafe at the bit to let loose the dogs of their wild-eyed fantasies.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

It’s easy to dismiss Nericcio as a wild-eyed academic wokoso, but he’s not wrong at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

The apartment door crashed open, and Baba barged in, wild-eyed and waving the fire extinguisher, with Mama beside him.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda