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

No. The wild-eyed gurus do more harm than good.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026

My bad behavior has consisted of begging a friend to delete it, not wild-eyed ranting, but still.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

Liam, in particular, attacked the gig with wild-eyed passion - stalking the stage and biting into the lyrics like a lion tearing apart its prey.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

“That was the night this wild-eyed mad-scientist dude came by. I could tell he was a brainiac. One of those absentminded-professor types, you know what I mean?”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein