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
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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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Oswego’s Mane Brolley has completed her transformation from being a wide-eyed newcomer.
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Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
His mom so graciously gave us—two wide-eyed 11-year-olds—the reins to plan and curate our own menu.
—Emily Bloch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
In her conversations with McKenna and director David Frankel, Hathaway and the pair spoke about Andy being less wide-eyed in the sequel.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
Sweeney slung panties from her new lingerie line, SYRN, which launched earlier this year in January, into a sea of wide-eyed festival goers who swarmed Diplo's desert stage as the electric beats by the chart-topping DJ bumped in the background.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
His mom so graciously gave us—two wide-eyed 11-year-olds—the reins to plan and curate our own menu.
—Emily Bloch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
In her conversations with McKenna and director David Frankel, Hathaway and the pair spoke about Andy being less wide-eyed in the sequel.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
Sweeney slung panties from her new lingerie line, SYRN, which launched earlier this year in January, into a sea of wide-eyed festival goers who swarmed Diplo's desert stage as the electric beats by the chart-topping DJ bumped in the background.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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