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.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of EYE
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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  A bright fire glowed in the stove and the cat lay stretched before it, watching the table with a drowsy eye.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  He looked up and down the little pebbly beach till his eye lit on a fallen tree-trunk half submerged in snow.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  She murmured: "I always say you've got the surest eye."
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  "There's only one who takes me eye," Gerald said finally.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
10  When her eye caught his, he smiled, showing animal-white teeth below a close-clipped black mustache.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
11  To the outward eye, never had a girl less cause to be miserable.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
13  She turned a sharp eye on the girls.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
14  Yes, keep an eye on her, take care of her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
15  He smothered a grin, as from the corner of his eye he saw her bosom heave with silent wrath.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
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.