1
: having or marked by unsophisticated or uncritical acceptance or admiration : naive
wide-eyed innocence
2
: having the eyes wide open especially with wonder or astonishment
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Examples of wide-eyed in a Sentence
a wide-eyed and trusting child
the sort of phony UFO "artifacts" that wide-eyed tourists fall for
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The scene isn’t in vain: Janet reunites with Regina after attending a performance of the company’s latest metaphysical love-in with a wide-eyed Lacy in tow.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
Manel ably conveys both Gaspard’s palpable suffering and his innocent, wide-eyed optimism.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 17 June 2024
At the mosque in Homs, the man’s sons—wide-eyed, barefoot—tried to mimic him.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Whether or not Shelley Duvall knew at all times what she was supposed to be doing in the script, no one could have been more ideally chosen to register wide-eyed horror.
—Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
Manel ably conveys both Gaspard’s palpable suffering and his innocent, wide-eyed optimism.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 17 June 2024
At the mosque in Homs, the man’s sons—wide-eyed, barefoot—tried to mimic him.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Whether or not Shelley Duvall knew at all times what she was supposed to be doing in the script, no one could have been more ideally chosen to register wide-eyed horror.
—Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for wide-eyed
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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