1
: having blue eyes
2
: performed by whites
blue-eyed soul
also : white
a blue-eyed imitator of R&B stars

Examples of blue-eyed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the blond-haired, blue-eyed, blue-dress Cinderella from the 1950s cartoon is also Cinderella. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024 Earlier this week, another blue-eyed cicada was spotted in Chicago. Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024 Lewis kept shooting, ignoring the incongruities of the script and the staging (such as the blond, blue-eyed Scandinavian kids cast to play the Jewish children). Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2024 Popular on Variety Pickwick was a budget label that specialized in sound-alike recordings that emulated the major pop hits of the day of the early ‘60s, spanning everything from garage-rock and girl-group pop to blue-eyed soul and teen-idol balladry. Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blue-eyed 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of blue-eyed was circa 1572

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“Blue-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue-eyed. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.

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