1
: having or marked by unsophisticated or uncritical acceptance or admiration : naive
wide-eyed innocence
2
: having the eyes wide open especially with wonder or astonishment
Examples of wide-eyed in a Sentence
a wide-eyed and trusting child
the sort of phony UFO "artifacts" that wide-eyed tourists fall for
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Fast forward three months and those same students watched wide-eyed as a construction crane lifted the white beam bearing their names, and those of the rest of the school community, into place on the structure.
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Thankfully, most of them are looking a little wide-eyed as well.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
That resulted in a good, wide-eyed view of the night sky that was ideal for looking for details within constellations and scanning the Milky Way.
—Rich Owen, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Like the master of ceremonies of a traveling act introducing the world’s greatest spectacle to a wide-eyed audience, Lockton set the tone of each landing with backstory, history, and color that made even this majestic backdrop surrounding us seem flat without her accompanying narration.
—Nicole Edenedo, AFAR Media, 3 Mar. 2025
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Thankfully, most of them are looking a little wide-eyed as well.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
That resulted in a good, wide-eyed view of the night sky that was ideal for looking for details within constellations and scanning the Milky Way.
—Rich Owen, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Like the master of ceremonies of a traveling act introducing the world’s greatest spectacle to a wide-eyed audience, Lockton set the tone of each landing with backstory, history, and color that made even this majestic backdrop surrounding us seem flat without her accompanying narration.
—Nicole Edenedo, AFAR Media, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wide-eyed
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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