EYE in a Sentence
Learn EYE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
349 example sentences for EYE, such as:
1. Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.
2. I don't see eye to eye with my wife.
3. She turned a sharp eye on the girls.
4. Her vision is restricted in one eye.
5. She has a blemish above her right eye.
2. I don't see eye to eye with my wife.
3. She turned a sharp eye on the girls.
4. Her vision is restricted in one eye.
5. She has a blemish above her right eye.
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Meanings and Examples of EYE
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eye
n. a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
n. attention to what is seen
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He had been straining for a glimpse of the dark head under the cherry-coloured scarf and it vexed him that another eye should have been quicker than his.
2 A bright fire glowed in the stove and the cat lay stretched before it, watching the table with a drowsy eye.
3 He had scattered the contents of the table-drawer in his search for a sheet of paper, and as he took up his pen his eye fell on an old copy of the Bettsbridge Eagle.
4 The sorrel, turning the same big ringed eye on him, nuzzled the palm of his hand in the same way; and one by one all the days between rose up and stood before him.
5 He looked up and down the little pebbly beach till his eye lit on a fallen tree-trunk half submerged in snow.
6 She murmured: "I always say you've got the surest eye."
7 Scarlett knew these hurried preenings were being made with an eye toward meeting his wife with the appearance of a gentleman who had ridden sedately home from a call on a neighbor.
8 "There's only one who takes me eye," Gerald said finally.
9 "Miss Ellen Robillard," said Gerald, trying to speak casually, for the slightly tilting dark eyes of Ellen Robillard had taken more than his eye.
10 When her eye caught his, he smiled, showing animal-white teeth below a close-clipped black mustache.
11 To the outward eye, never had a girl less cause to be miserable.
12 At the same moment, Scarlett's eye was caught by a figure on the sidewalk in a brightly colored dress--too bright for street wear-- covered by a Paisley shawl with fringes to the heels.
13 She turned a sharp eye on the girls.
14 Yes, keep an eye on her, take care of her.
15 He smothered a grin, as from the corner of his eye he saw her bosom heave with silent wrath.
Example Sentence: (139 in 10 pages)
1 There was an inch-long gash just above his right eye.
2 The animal is easily distinguishable by the black stripes above its eye.
3 She has a blemish above her right eye.
4 His only injuries were some minor scratches above his eye.
5 Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.
6 The police will need to keep a wary eye on this area of town.
7 From the plane we had a bird's eye view of London.
8 The eye test shows she has perfect vision.
9 She has very little vision in her left eye.
10 Her vision is restricted in one eye.
11 What the eye sees not, the heart craves not.
12 What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over.
13 A wife is not to be chosen by the eye only.
14 Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
15 I don't see eye to eye with my wife.