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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Each fall, a new cohort of wide-eyed recruits would show up for their first workout with returning NCAA champions and Olympians from around the world.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026
Then, though, the VAR crew got involved, with Bankes being urged to take a second look at a foul, which had led to wide-eyed protests from Garnacho’s team-mates, on the pitchside TV screen that had been installed during the week.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Wolff, with her blond bob and easy warmth, is usually in the thick of a phalanx of wide-eyed young fans.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2026
The child is wide-eyed, looking almost preternaturally alert.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026
Then, though, the VAR crew got involved, with Bankes being urged to take a second look at a foul, which had led to wide-eyed protests from Garnacho’s team-mates, on the pitchside TV screen that had been installed during the week.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Wolff, with her blond bob and easy warmth, is usually in the thick of a phalanx of wide-eyed young fans.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2026
The child is wide-eyed, looking almost preternaturally alert.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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