eyes open, with
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When we found him Gurney was lying on his back, eyes open, with a startled look on his face.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2016
Like these three characters, we’ll be keeping our eyes open with similar nervous expressions on our faces.
From Time • Oct. 18, 2015
There's this fella that was producing us at the time, right, in his tiny little studio and he held his eyes open with matchsticks because he hadn't slept since 1984.
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012
He pushes his eyes open with his thumbs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mama was kneeling down, literally holding her own eyes open with her fingertips.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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