How to Use eyed in a Sentence

eyed

adjective
  • That steely-eyed gaze said this wasn’t just a game.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Deputies also note that the child is cross-eyed.
    — Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Gore was a wide-eyed third-round pick running up the depth chart.
    — Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Looking on were a small cadre of bleary-eyed staffers and floor staff.
    — Ryan Nobles, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN, 28 May 2021
  • Blue-eyed black lemurs are one of a few primates who have blue eyes.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • So Carmy is extra dreamy-eyed and glum.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • When Moose gets shot by the killer, the green-eyed theme comes back again.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 3 May 2019
  • And so, the blue-eyed Knowlden was hired the next day.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Not long ago, Stevenson was one of those bright-eyed campers.
    — oregonlive, 24 July 2021
  • At the start of the war, Hugo was more wide-eyed than frightened.
    — David Wolman, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2020
  • On their doorstep, the tall, green-eyed boy was shaking and upset.
    — Ann Givens, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Still, Andrushchyshyn is clear-eyed that his help alone won’t be enough.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Shapiro-Barnum asks the wide-eyed kid, who is not named in the video.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • That night, Faris saw a woman near her bawl and wide-eyed grown-ups run.
    — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • All the while, Ada is looking doe-eyed at her mom and the bowl of treats.
    — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 22 May 2020
  • Tied to a post last week, the horse was wild-eyed but calm, which hasn’t always been the case.
    — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The lock screen glows with a black-and-white portrait of a smoky-eyed Prince.
    — Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Black-eyed peas, lentils, and beef liver are some of the best sources of folate.
    — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
  • This is listed as a teen pop, blue-eyed soul and dance-pop song on Wikipedia.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 18 June 2022
  • It's set on the beach, and everyone on the show was blonde haired and blue eyed and surfs.
    — Karin Eldor, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • There's a blush of hope in the wide-eyed face of Tom Holland.
    — Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 16 Sep. 2020
  • There’s a blush of hope in the wide-eyed face of Tom Holland.
    — Jake Coyle, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The wild-eyed elk turned and trotted parallel to me.
    — Jack Atcheson Sr. As Told To Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
  • What do black eyed peas, grapes and underwear have in common?
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Never doubt when a fisherman gives you that bright-eyed look.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • This fox is the very definition of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 May 2021
  • Labubu, that line of round, wide eyed, pointy eared plush collectibles, is coming to the screen.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Then a wide-eyed freshman, Watson didn’t play a snap in the game.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Sleigh bells ring, and a few dozen twinkly-eyed seniors are listening.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • At one point, red-eyed Ray set the ashtray on fire, melting the dash.
    — Chris Rush, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019

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