How to Use eyeball in a Sentence

eyeball

1 of 2 noun
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  • Still most eyeballs will likely be on the stars of the PGA Tour.
    — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Spear each eyeball with a toothpick and attach to the tops of the eye cutouts.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
  • Both Leatherwood at 6-foot-8 and Bass-Sulpizio at 6-5 pass the eyeball test.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • There’s no transparency as to how well the show does or how many eyeballs are on it.
    — Time, 20 July 2023
  • Most of his videos draw hundreds of thousands of eyeballs.
    — Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The things that feel viral and fuzzy are the things that are grabbing eyeballs at a really high rate.
    — Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Its pitch black pupil and black rim added to the eyeball's eerie accuracy.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 26 Sep. 2022
  • In myopia, either the optical power of the lens is too strong or the eyeball is too long.
    — Sarah Anderson, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Dr Hawkes explains that the brow is supposed to sit just above the bone and the arch should be in line with the socket of the eyeball — markers of a normal face.
    — Beth Ashley, refinery29.com, 4 July 2022
  • These eight-hour treatments were enough to prevent the eyeball from changing shape.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Disney+ is trying to bring the Hulu eyeballs into its fold.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 May 2023
  • Except for its large, dark eyeball, the whole fish looks like it was dipped in liquid silver.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
  • All that remained on the serving tray was an ominous eyeball.
    — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • That not only gave her a fresh set of eyeball, but some much needed moral support.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The stairwell was quickly consumed by smoke that scorched her eyeballs.
    — Joyce Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But the eyeball test told a different story – that the same Brady didn't take the field last season, his first with a losing record (8-9) as a starter.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
  • That's a lot of rehearsal, a lot of responsibility, a lot of time and a lot of eyeballs.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • There was a fake eyeball in the left socket and about a half-dozen original teeth still attached, but the jaw was missing.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • With the consent of the other dog's owner, corneal tissue from the removed eyeball was used to help perform surgery on Susie Q.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • Could Swift-Kelce be bringing more eyeballs to all playoff games?
    — Francesca Paris, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • For me, being one of the eyeballs has been challenging, exciting and fun.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Fort Worth police Chief Neil Noakes said officers eyeball then estimate the weight of the pot that is found.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s what else is grabbing eyeballs online this week.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 31 Mar. 2023
  • As the focus pulls back to reveal Meg’s face — complete with vertical snake eyeballs — the short clip ends with a shot of a pair of dripping fangs.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In rare cases, the larvae can also burrow their way inside the eyeball.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Still, any press is good press, and Swift knows that football games get more eyeballs than anything else on television.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Its enormous eyeballs are capable of picking up even the tiniest amounts of light.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2023
  • The Times’ Chuck Schilken ranks the unis from worst to best based solely on the eyeball test, with no thought given to the background of the design, team history or whatever.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Then there’s the more subjective approach, summoned from eyeballs or guts or some other part of the anatomy.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
  • As the eyeballs will certainly be on Swift, Rodgers turned heads earlier this year when he was seen rocking to some T-Swift tunes.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2023
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eyeball

2 of 2 verb
  • The children were eyeballing the desserts.
  • The women held up the jeans to their waists, eyeballing the sizes.
    — Andrea Sachs, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Will eyeballed the waning clock and fired a wild shot toward the rafters.
    — Abe Streep, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Quarter lemon for the salad and then eyeball the olive oil.
    — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 27 Apr. 2020
  • And a curious seal pops its head out of the frigid water, eyeballing us.
    — Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Don’t eyeball it — use measuring cups and spoons and level them off with the flat side of a knife.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2022
  • The pitmaster eyeballs the meat’s progress and controls the fire with a garden hose.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2018
  • First, dad, remind your daughter to stop eyeballing strangers in the bathroom.
    — Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Start by eyeballing those five to seven trunks that are the straightest and most evenly spaced toward the center of the plant.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Cons This vacuum seal storage bag doesn’t have a stop line on the bag, which can be tricky to eyeball.
    — Lindsay Tigar, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Read the story and eyeball the search warrant by clicking here.
    — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • First things first, Mason is eyeballing a tough game Feb. 10 at home against Lakota West.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Through coordination with venue staff, Tegan and Sara’s team eyeballed open seats and filled them with fans lined up at the door.
    — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2019
  • What Beathard did was become the blur in the airport, traveling from city to city to eyeball talent.
    — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • But on the way to the ice and milk stand, the nurses were eyeballing babies for signs of flushness or fever that could suggest the first signs of polio that the mothers might have missed.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 May 2020
  • Judging from my few journeys outside my home the past few weeks, many people aren’t eyeballing it very well.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Is such tension inevitable in a 57-year-old man attempting to burnish his legacy at the same time the FBI eyeballs him?
    — Andrew Seidman, Philly.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • That hasn’t happened, in large part because most shoppers prefer to squeeze their produce and eyeball their steaks.
    — Matt Day, Bloomberg.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • When making sesame soba noodle salad, feel free to eyeball the mix-ins.
    — Elyssa Goldberg, Bon Appétit, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The morning joggers and cyclists were out around Ogunquit, as if to tsk-tsk those of us eyeballing all the gourmet doughnut shops, one of Route 1’s recurring themes.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
  • In it, spoiler alert, Ariana goes from eyeballing the boy to copying his girlfriend's look (soooo, her own look, then?).
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 8 Feb. 2019
  • How might an analyst begin to eyeball the riches up for grabs?
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Recently, though, the wineries have become a common second stop after the chance to eyeball those armies.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2018
  • Late in the first quarter, Williams took a direct snap and slid along the line of scrimmage, patiently eyeballing the defensive pursuit.
    — Les East, NOLA.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • The metaphor of a glorious, trapped being eyeballing the world stalks and shapes this captivating novel, the first from writer Bushra Rehman.
    — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Alvarez eyeballed all the measurements, so Ruiz had to figure out the recipe himself, using just the ingredients his mom passed along to him.
    — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • For 10 weeks, soldiers from the two nuclear-armed nations eyeballed each other.
    — Muneeza Naqvi, Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
  • These are not the offices where your grandparents worked, clocking out at 5 sharp, eyeballing the corner office.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 24 Feb. 2020
  • With a rise in offers of bogus vaccination cards, vendors will have to eyeball each one for forgeries.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Aug. 2021
  • One team eyeballs the flour, and accidentally doubles the milk.
    — Anya Van Wagtendonk, Philly.com, 12 July 2018

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