How to Use wide-eyed in a Sentence

wide-eyed

adjective

• Nacua, 22, saw his younger self in the wide-eyed teenage players.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• At the mosque in Homs, the man’s sons—wide-eyed, barefoot—tried to mimic him.
  — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• In the scene, Whitney looks wide-eyed and shocked like many of the other women.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024
• In another scene, Matt stares wide-eyed on the set of one of the studio’s films.
  — Jp Mangalindan, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
• Jamilah watched from the stands, too young to be in the show but wide-eyed at the thought of being out there one day.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
• To have her there is going to add this jolt of just being wide-eyed.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
• What if the world’s most powerful — and lethal — AI being took the form of a wide-eyed 5-year-old?
  — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• Beneath the surface of wide-eyed smiles and laughs lies a steely resolve.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
• That’s a fantasy as wide-eyed and naïve as Shucked’s own hero, Maizy.
  — Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
• The night watchman stokes his lamp and walks wide-eyed tourists through the back lanes telling stories of hot oil and great plagues.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• Photos show a wide-eyed, dark speckled pup and the injury to his right limb.
  — Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 26 July 2024
• In both shots, the feline is wide-eyed and partially wet.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
• The clip shows the small dog trembling in the passenger seat of Shae's car, looking very weary and wide-eyed.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
• Pau Gasol, a Spaniard and Barcelona native, had the Olympics in his backyard and followed with wide-eyed awe.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• In the artwork, Cyrus is captured wide-eyed and wild-haired in a blue fur coat against a grey background.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
• This is a youthful, wide-eyed approach to Parker and to the story at large.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
• There’s a sort of wide-eyed innocence in spite of being old.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
• A couple of my anxious students turned to me wide-eyed.
  — Sally Ventura june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
• The move sparked a some wide-eyed responses from the audience.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
• In the now-viral video, the tuxedo cat crawls out from under the bed, wide-eyed and bewildered.
  — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
• Teammate Jordan Chiles watched wide-eyed from the floor, cheering her on.
  — Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
• Amazon has a 40-piece set of wide-eyed needles for easy threading.
  — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
• Even Ranger’s foster parent was impressed with the fast turnaround the wide-eyed cat made.
  — Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
• The boys are twins, the kind of kids who giggle together at each new sight, wide-eyed and curious at the world.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• In the end, Friedkin cast Ellen Burstyn and then Blair, a wide-eyed newcomer, as her daughter.
  — Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
• Squeezed between us in the bed, my daughter listened wide-eyed to the storm before drifting off to sleep.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 June 2025
• There’s also a wide-eyed teenager named Daniel (Oliver Finnegan) and many rules.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
• In the finished series, Cooper plays Justin with a wide-eyed, dorky earnestness.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 8 May 2025
• The camera pans back to Atlas who appears to be watching the screen wide-eyed ad shocked, the marks over his eyes giving the impression that his eyebrows are raised in incredulity.
  — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
• Kaitlin Olson made Dee's own session a masterpiece of wide-eyed neediness, obsessively lying about her past and then demanding the shrink praise her for her acting prowess.
  — Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025