Usage of "round-eyed"

Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.

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Having large round wide-open eyes.

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Examples for "saucer-eyed"

Examples for "saucer-eyed"

I went all saucer-eyed and I said, 'Oh, wow, a turban! 
 The burglar who liked to quote kipling 

He glanced down at himself and saw the reason for the guard's saucer-eyed expression. 
 The Radiant Shell 

Tina is saucer-eyed with terror, hogtied with her nose and lips slathered in blood. 
 Finders Keepers 

One wall was dominated by a painting of a saucer-eyed child dressed as a pierrot. 
 Career of Evil 

To me, as a saucer-eyed child, it was exotic, thrilling -a step into another world. 
 The Irish Times 

Usage of round-eyed in английском

All the ducks sat round-eyed in a circle about the mysterious singer. 
 Old Indian Legends 

Flora, her hands buried deep in the soapsuds, looked at him round-eyed. 
 The Long Shadow 

The boys scrambled on top of their forms, craning, round-eyed with excitement. 
 Shining Ferry 

Trudie is silent and round-eyed, awed by the speed of the vehicle. 
 Those who save us 

The two little girls, round-eyed and frightened, were sitting up in their cots. 
 Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa 

Londoners were in the country, staring, round-eyed, on fields and woods. 
 Bella Donna: A Novel 

Sid, aware of it, stared in round-eyed apprehension at his back. 
 Kenny 

Le Rossignol dropped her face, appearing to give round-eyed speculation to the fire. 
 The Lady of Fort St. John 

The owl merely stared at him, round-eyed, and made no reply. 
 The Tale of Benny Badger 

She watched him, round-eyed, as he went out into the hall. 
 The Edge of the Knife 

At the supper table he looked up, round-eyed, from his plate. 
 The Uphill Climb 

Young Matthew Henry opened his mouth and stared, round-eyed at such dreadful scepticism. 
 Major Vigoureux 

Nevertheless, they continued to inspect him with round-eyed, almost childlike wonder and pity. 
 Captain Blood 

The Thibodet slaves stood in a loose group, round-eyed and silent. 
 All souls' rising 

Nevertheless, the girls stared at me round-eyed in anticipation of my astonishing opinions. 
 Seraphina 

Howard-Venturus-lookedupto see the Goon face wearing an expression of round-eyed sympathy. 
 Archer’s Goon 

Round-eyed through the time

Meanings of round-eyed in английском