How to Use owlish in a Sentence

owlish

adjective

• And then there were those emblematic, owlish spectacles with rims as large as bicycle wheels.
  — Robin Muir, Vogue, 12 June 2026
• As a teen-ager, Grossman’s owlish demeanor earned him the schoolyard nickname Old Man.
  — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
• Short and thick-bodied, dressed in a bespoke suit and round, owlish glasses, Leo looked like a character from an Agatha Christie mystery.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
• Le Carré’s most enduring character, the owlish and unfailingly polite intelligence officer George Smiley, plays only a minor role here.
  — Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
• Born Walter Edward Cox on March 29, 1948, in Rye, NY, the young actor — instantly recognizable with his owlish looks and rail-thin frame — was discovered and cast by director Robert Altman in two 1970 hit films MASH and Brewster McCloud.
  — Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026