eye
[aɪ]
Definition:
1. The organ of sight.
2. Look at.
3. Attention to what is seen.
'eye' example sentence:
- William was a man of discernment, with an eye for quality.
- Sally eyed Claire with interest.
- Susan has a keen eye for detail, so each dress is beautifully finished off.
- I tried to catch Chrissie's eye to find out what she was playing at.
- She can do no wrong in her father's eyes.
- I couldn't believe my eyes when she walked in.
- A lot of them died in front of our eyes.
- She was afraid to meet my eye.
- She rolled her eyes by way of an answer and left.
- I had a piece of grit in my eye.
- George turned a blind eye to his partner's infidelities.
- Most stars are not visible to the naked eye.
- It fastens with a hook and eye.
- There are pine trees as far as the eye can see.
- He had seen his life's work destroyed before his very eyes.
- He's definitely giving you the eye!
- I spent a fruitless ten minutes walking up and down the high street, desperately avoiding eye contact with passers-by.
- There's something the matter with my eyes.
- I hope I never set eyes on this place again!
- She looked at me squarely in the eye.
- We eyed each other thoughtfully.
- I shut my eyes and tried to go to sleep.
- My eyes were drawn to the man in the corner.
- He has a visual impairment in the right eye.
- Her vision is restricted in one eye.
- An infra-red eye is said to detect the movement of any animal within an angle of 110 degrees at up to 10 metres.
- Can you catch the waiter's eye?
- The eye of the hurricane hit Florida just south of Miami.
- His eyes showed open admiration as he looked at her.
- We are under the eyes of both sides all the time.
- After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness.
- The film has a painterly eye.
- Eye colour shows more than your genetic inheritance.
- I was again using the cold, unflinching eye of the camera to probe a sick society.
- The first rule is to make eye contact with your interviewer.
- They look like stars to the naked eye.
- I opened my eyes and looked.
- I ask the mounted patrol to keep their eyes open.
- I've got a piece of grit in my eye.
- What was he doing when you last set eyes on him?
- Connie had a sharp eye for the absurd.
- I'm sure you will appreciate that we must keep a careful eye on all our running costs.
- We're up to our eyes in work.
- Richard Dorrington was, in their eyes, a very sensible and reliable man.
- If you run your eye up and down these columns you will see that the value of some of them declined.
- A surgeon needs a good eye and a steady hand.
- In most people's eyes she was nothing more than a common criminal.
- We took the red-eye to Boston.
- The expression in her eyes told me something was wrong.
- Keep your eyes to the front and walk straight ahead.
- The eyes of the world are on the President.
- He took one smell of the liquid and his eyes began to water.
- To my eye , the windows seem out of proportion.
- Ann wiped a tear from her eye.
- The smoke made my eyes water.
- I have something in my eye.
- Most governments must simply be shutting their eyes to the problem.
- She raised her eyes from her work.
- Their chief negotiator turned his critical eye on the United States.
- He had a wicked glint in his eye.
- She was looking at me across the room, and we made eye contact several times.
- She has an eye for a bargain.
- Don't strain your eyes by reading in poor light.
- The child was watching it all with big round eyes.
- Maria's eyes filled with tears.
- His hat had slipped over one eye.
- His left eye squints a little.
- She has a twitch in her left eye.
- She's had laser surgery on her eye.
- The other serious problem in the eyes of the new government is communalism.
- He has very little sight in his right eye.
- She could see herself reflected in his eyes.
- You and your friends keep an eye out—if there's any trouble we'll make a break for it.
- Computer screens should be at eye level.
- As she turned back, a movement across the lawn caught her eye.
- He had a black patch over one eye.
- That's probably the most bare and bleak island I've ever had the misfortune to clap eyes on.
- His eyes were fixed on a small house in the middle distance.
- Our eyes were burning from the chemicals in the air.
- Images are projected onto the retina of the eye.
- Close your eyes and imagine you are in a forest.
- Such fine work requires a good eye and a steady hand.
- Could you just run your eyes over this report?
- I would be grateful if he could cast an expert eye over it and tell me what he thought of it.
- Try looking at it through her eyes for a change.
- She doesn't want her children growing up in the public eye.
- She viewed the findings with a critical eye.