owlish-looking

Updated: June 1, 2025

A fair-headed little fellow, he had a body as thin as a pike when standing on its tail, a grey, stonelike countenance that was deeply sunken between the shoulders, a mouth perpetually half-agape, and round, owlish-looking eyes. As he approached the corpse he bent forward with one hand upon his knee to throw the more light upon Silantiev's bruised head and body.

Maksim Gorky - Through Russia

She was a little old lady, with crimped hair, round, owlish-looking eyes, and a florid complexion. During the short time the voyage had lasted she had managed to become acquainted with every one on board. Everybody knew that her name was Miss Hoggs, and she had told them all the crew as well as passengers time and again, that she was never afraid.

Selma Lagerlöf - Jerusalem