EYES in a Sentence

Learn EYES 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.

420 example sentences for EYES, such as:

1. Her eyes were wide with horror.
2. Gatsby's eyes opened and closed.
3. He focused his blue eyes on her.
4. Gatsby's eyes floated toward her.
5. She narrowed her eyes and shivered.

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 Meanings and Examples of EYES
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
eyes
 n.  plural of EYE
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As I fixed my eyes on the child, I saw something glittering on his breast.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
2  As I spoke, rage sparkled in my eyes; the magistrate was intimidated.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
3  At length he opened his eyes; he breathed with difficulty and was unable to speak.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  "I've got a nice place here," he said, his eyes flashing about restlessly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  She narrowed her eyes and shivered.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  After a moment I discovered his tiny eyes in the half darkness.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  His eyes went over it, every arched door and square tower.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
8  Tom's arrogant eyes roamed the crowd.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
9  Gatsby's eyes floated toward her.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
11  He got up, his eyes still flashing between Gatsby and his wife.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  Gatsby's eyes opened and closed.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  His eyes, seeing nothing, moved ceaselessly about the room.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
14  He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy's but he was a tough one.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
15  In their eyes, the very ground on which he trod was sanctified.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Her eyes kept straying over to the clock on the wall.
17  In the eyes of the law his knife was an offensive weapon.
18  In Western eyes, Iraq is a major power in an area of great strategic importance.
19  Her eyes were immediately drawn to the tall blond man standing at the bar.
20  He shrugged whimsically, his eyes crinkling behind his glasses.
21  My eyes haven't adjusted to the dark yet.
22  Close your eyes, and see yourself, you are clearly visible.
23  The calculating look in his eyes told of Norman blood.
24  Freddie was an angelic-looking child with blond curly hair, blue eyes and dimples.
25  She just looked at me with those big blue eyes of hers.
26  He focused his blue eyes on her.
27  The eyes,stomach,heart,and lungs are organs of the body.
28  The story is seen through the eyes of a boy on the verge of manhood.
29  Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
30  Her eyes were wide with horror.