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- adjective Having a
fixed stare and awide-eyed appearance , due toboredom ,lack ofemotion ,attention orinterest , etc.
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Examples
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A few guys are stumbling around glassy-eyed, beyond drugged.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Back when that was actually the case, the principal danger was that a lot of people sat at home, listless and glassy-eyed.
Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Your Crime Control Policy On Drugs 2009
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This morning's Press Telegram informs of even more being promoted by the glassy-eyed brethren:
From The Crackpottery Barn John 2009
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He knew by that day's end, the family, cracked and glassy-eyed, would announce their departure for the great dam in the desert.
SAMESON JAMESON Wally Rudolph 2011
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I can tell by that glassy-eyed stare that sees past all the world and sees nothing at all.
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This morning's Press Telegram informs of even more being promoted by the glassy-eyed brethren:
GOP Confronts Its Future Viability John 2009
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Most of the 5,000 or so fans who came to Harvard Stadium seemed to be the very same preteen ponytailed girls and glassy-eyed parents who had led the WUSA to its ruin.
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So many of the kids were glassy-eyed and sad-looking.
Dr. Jon LaPook: Dispatch From Haiti: "Controlled Chaos" of Cholera Dr. Jon LaPook 2010
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As we were led through the restaurant space, little more than a gussied-up lounge, I imagined the glassy-eyed diners muttering "Save yourself!" under their breath.
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Most of the 5,000 or so fans who came to Harvard Stadium seemed to be the very same preteen ponytailed girls and glassy-eyed parents who had led the WUSA to its ruin.
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