eye - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • keep: Keep an eye out... For old or unusual frames in junk shops.
  • peel: There are some also available in HMV stores across London so keep your eyes peeled!
  • pry: A fine sea mist rolled slowly across the vale, hiding the young woman from prying eyes.
  • catch: Again the sharpness of the photo catches the eye.
  • turn: He turned away, eyes wide, trembling suddenly, heart hammering.
  • fix: Suddenly, she sat up, alert, intent, her eyes fixed on... something.

Preposition: through

  • cornea: Light rays enter the front of our eye through the clear cornea and lens.

Adjective modifier

  • watchful: The cemetery is under the watchful eye of the local authority.
  • naked: These are tiny organisms, too small to see with the naked eye, that sometimes cause illness in humans.
  • blind: Police, apparently, turn a blind eye to such trifles.
  • blue: The anger he saw in the blue eyes couldn't hide the pain in Daniel's soul.
  • brown: For me this is genetic, just like having blue or brown eyes.
  • keen: A keen eye had he for situations where a profit might accrue.

Modifies a noun

  • candy: If so, I'd like it if they lost the ( apparent ) eye candy.
  • opener: Watching how the locals fish was a real eye opener for one weaned on a cult of fly fishing with wet and dry flies.
  • witness: There was an average of 2.7 eye witnesses per case.
  • drop: It is injected into the skin around the wound, but could also be available as a gel, cream or eye drop.

Noun used with modifier

  • thine: Rub thine eyes, and behold the image of the heart. ' Ý Make yourself free from self at one stroke!
  • laser: Lasik laser eye surgery information for Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and other Texas cities.

Preposition: of

  • beholder: It's is still very much in the eye of the beholder.

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