dewy-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of dewy-eyed
First recorded in 1935–40
Vocabulary lists containing dewy-eyed
Example Sentences
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Led by the subject matter, he started singing more, his dewy-eyed timbre adding emotional depth to the fragmented, impressionistic soundscapes.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
When our protagonist, a dewy-eyed young man named Hughie, encounters the depravity of one such hero, he joins the Boys, a gang of misfits led by a mysterious man called Butcher.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2019
I first got to know this glamorous artistic couple when I was just a dewy-eyed English major at Oberlin College.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2018
And it brought together dewy-eyed adolescents, not dyspeptic acolytes of the Heritage Foundation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2017
True, some of their software engineers started with a dewy-eyed belief that this was a revolutionary technology that would break the record companies and usher in a new era of musical creativity.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James
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