wild-eyed

Example Sentences

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It’s a simple but primal character motivation that Beetz sells with a wild-eyed ferocity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

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

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

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

Clara Harris saw Henry Rathbone, wild-eyed, staggering, and clutching his left arm with his right hand.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson