glassy-eyed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of glassy-eyed
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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After coming out fighting on the eve of this game, declaring his fire was "burning very strongly", Howe looked glassy-eyed in his news conference following this latest defeat.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
It’s the same species that transformed Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum into giddy, glassy-eyed children, only now drained of all majesty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
The women of Stepford transform into glassy-eyed housewives within months of arriving.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022
But glassy-eyed, meaty-bodied adults of the African clawed frog, or Xenopus laevis, have none of this regeneration prowess.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
The little one was staring glassy-eyed into space, the way Akira sometimes stared.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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