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How to use eye in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Eye means an organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”). Example: “Bright lights really hurt my eyes.”

Examples of eye by meaning

nounAn organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).

  • Bright lights really hurt my eyes.
  • And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.1921, Ben Travers, chapter I, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
  • The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages.2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2013

nounThe visual sense.

  • The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.

nounThe iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.

  • Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.
  • Natalie’s brown eyes looked into Jim’s blue eyes, and the girl and boy flirted.

nounAttention, notice.

  • That dress caught her eye.

nounThe ability to notice what others might miss.

  • He has an eye for talent.
  • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

nounA sexually or romantically suggestive one.

  • She was giving him the eye at the bar.

nounAn angry, annoyed, or malicious one.

  • When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye.

nounAn evil one.

  • He sought the help of an alchemist regarding remedies to ward off the eye.

More sentences with eye

  • My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.From the entry odd
  • The old man had craggy, uncultured features, but had bright, intelligent eyes.From the entry craggy
  • Eyes Wide Shut was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick.From the entry last
  • The early guests sipped their punch and avoided each other's eyes.From the entry early
  • A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.From the entry Japanese
  • Steve got in a physical argument with his neighbor and came away with a black eye.From the entry argument
  • From the moment she entered the room, all eyes were drawn to her.From the entry draw
  • The victim was a youngster, both of whose eyes were missing.From the entry whose
  • Seeing her brought the memories flooding back and tears to my eyes.From the entry bring
  • The burn in my eyes was caused by that bright light.From the entry burn
  • My eyes hurt, the cold and dry air makes them burn.From the entry burn
  • My eyes were watering and now tears are running down my cheeks.From the entry run
  • The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.From the entry shut
  • My eye struck a strange word in the text. They soon struck the trail.From the entry strike
  • Judy's eyes filled with concern as she listened to the news report.From the entry concern
  • He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.From the entry narrow
  • She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.From the entry narrow
  • After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.From the entry house
  • He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes.From the entry stab
  • You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!From the entry put out
  • The baby will surely have green eyes, because both parents have.From the entry will
  • He got into a fight and ended up with two black eyes – two real beauties!From the entry beauty
  • They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.From the entry adder
  • Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.From the entry freckle
  • The adductor of the eye turns the eye toward the nose.From the entry adductor
  • She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.From the entry bathe
  • I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.From the entry rancor
  • I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.From the entry avert

Meaning of eye

  1. noun An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
  2. noun The visual sense.
  3. noun The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.

Full definition of eye

Questions about eye in a sentence

How do you use eye in a sentence?
Eye is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Bright lights really hurt my eyes.”
What is a short sentence with eye?
“Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.”
What does eye mean?
Eye means an organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eye (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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