eye opener

Example Sentences

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Sending in the Marines certainly was an eye-opener.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

"This week has been a great eye-opener to just when I'm happy and expressive and myself," Raducanu said.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

“We've lived in Hull for 30 years, if not more. We've never seen something like this happening in the city. So, it was really an eye-opener – and scary.”

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

Michelle Avary, also of Menlo Park, works for a Swedish-owned trucking company and said it has been an eye-opener to see how Swedish people work.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024

‘Wolves won’t get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hair off my head!’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien