: having an eye or eyes especially of a specified kind or number
—often used in combination
a brown-eyed girl
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In the delightfully goofy comedy, tween girl Stevie and little brother Elliot are on a mission to find the Sandman and make a wish to keep their parents together, with the help of a sarcastic one-eyed plush giraffe named Baloney Tony.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The song doesn’t have an overtly Christmas-y vibe, but late singer Freddie Mercury’s yearning, wistful vocals give it the feeling of sad-eyed holiday nostalgia so familiar from other blue Christmas yuletide classics.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2025
Instead, Ferguson watched as her once bright-eyed, handsome son sank into disheveled psychosis, bouncing between family members' homes, homeless shelters, jails, clinics, emergency rooms and Ohio's regional psychiatric hospitals.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
But surely the ultimate humiliation is that some people in Australia, one of the most tribal and fiercely one-eyed nations in world sport, are sympathetic towards England’s plight.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The song doesn’t have an overtly Christmas-y vibe, but late singer Freddie Mercury’s yearning, wistful vocals give it the feeling of sad-eyed holiday nostalgia so familiar from other blue Christmas yuletide classics.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2025
Instead, Ferguson watched as her once bright-eyed, handsome son sank into disheveled psychosis, bouncing between family members' homes, homeless shelters, jails, clinics, emergency rooms and Ohio's regional psychiatric hospitals.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
But surely the ultimate humiliation is that some people in Australia, one of the most tribal and fiercely one-eyed nations in world sport, are sympathetic towards England’s plight.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyed. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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eyed
adjective
: having an eye or eyes especially of a specified kind or number
—often used in combination
a blue-eyed patient
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