“In the picture, Miss Elizabeth showed me the croc had little piggy eyes, not huge owly ones.”

“I had no right to be owly and disagreeable with Willie.”

“By our own account we're pigs, yet bearish, owly but mousy, catty and bovine.”

“Jarring gazed after her with an expression of owlish and unutterable surprise on his swarthy countenance.”

“Close's self-portrait underlines this paradox, his owlish glasses reiterating that artist and audience are creatures who long to see clearly.”

“Physically, she brilliantly embodied the shrewd, sharp-eyed, owlish spinster, while also conveying her intuitive acumen and razor-sharp mind.”

“The girl's large round glasses gave her an owllike appearance, with her wide eyes and studious demeanor.”