She washed the baby in it, and he stared at her all the time, with big, owlish eyes.
"Fairies and Folk of Ireland"
William Henry Frost
And Boyd, having listened to the passionate recital in an owlish silence, had answered: "It's quite obvious.
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke
Then Badger, with a studiously owlish countenance, asked: "Am I wrong to understand that you are night watch?"
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri