bedroom eyes
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of bedroom eyes
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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It opens, as many State of the Thunder Zones do, with Juice in a bedroom, eyes half open, and lids heavy.
From The Verge • Aug. 29, 2016
“Song One,” Kate Barker-Froyland’s anemic first feature, offers a wispy meditation on the healing properties of a pretty folk song — especially when sung by a shaggy-haired troubadour with bedroom eyes and a sensitive soul.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2015
But that still left plenty to ask Lisa Marie Presley, the child of Graceland with her father’s bedroom eyes, smile verging on sneer, and a lifelong desire to make her own musical mark.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2013
Maybe there are a few crows'-feet around Beatty's bedroom eyes and a small bald spot, but these are minor imperfections.
From Time Magazine Archive
The casbah line and the other trademarks � the voice of a cello and the bedroom eyes � bore him, in fact.
From Time Magazine Archive
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