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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Network and All the President’s Men were the favorites, and Chayefsky wasn’t above talking some trash to the wide-eyed newcomer Stallone.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 May 2026
Oswego’s Mane Brolley has completed her transformation from being a wide-eyed newcomer.
—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
Streep, however, still remains wide-eyed at the love for the franchise.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 May 2026
Oswego’s Mane Brolley has completed her transformation from being a wide-eyed newcomer.
—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
Streep, however, still remains wide-eyed at the love for the franchise.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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