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eye

[ahy] / aɪ /


NOUN
optical organ of an animate being
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At this time, only Asa has unlocked the power to break and essentially died to do so, which partly explains her rakish eye patch.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

"I was told 'don't worry we'll keep an eye on her', again it just didn't happen," David said.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Another caveat: Some recent 351 ETF maneuvers reportedly caught the eye of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

They range from about one to 1,000 nanometers in size and cannot be seen with the naked eye.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

All day, Phineas must keep an eye on his drillers to make sure they stay ahead.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

He was going to visit around town for a while, might eyen take a look at Abraham Lincoln's tomb, while Stevenson made up his mind about tidelands.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hugye giaunt stiffe and starke, All foule of limbe and lere; Two goggling eyen like fire farden, A mouthe from eare to eare.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

Camus— "This wenche thikke and wel y- growen was,With kamuse nose, and eyen greye as glas."

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

With eyen holowgh andP nose scharpe, Vnnethe thay myght brethe or carpe, For her colowris wasQ wan as lede, Not like to lyue but sone ben dede.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Tears fell out of his eyen two, He would have gone his way.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

Back in the lounge, her eyes search the crowd for familiar faces.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Another told me: "MPs have to be committed to this and keep their eyes on their seats not their egos."

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

“They say the eyes are the doors to the soul.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Yes, it would be better to persuade people to believe the evidence of their own eyes.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

I turn away from Ms. Reed so she won’t see the tears springing to my eyes.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The matrons march in line, And by her side is fair Lavinia seen, The war's sad authoress, with down-dropt eyne.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

"Come," said he, "an' ye go to that, I'll wrestle ye, my lad, if so be you will let me blindfold your eyne."

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

Alas, that ever with mine eyne I should see this sight!

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

Come, thou monarch of the Vine, Plumpy Bacchus, with pink eyne!

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

Sayt cydaunt a la tere qe tere soit sauve . . . . . . . eyne de tere ou tere est benure.

From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various

Though he's "not praying for hat-tricks", many would have been asking the man above for a favour or two as Scotland eyed up their first World Cup win in 36 years.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

Over half of U.S. companies are losing sales due to policy restrictions; new U.S. tariffs are expected, with Xi’s September visit eyed for clarity.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

This time around, Sonenshein noted, political heavyweights such as real estate developer Rick Caruso and county Supervisor Lindsey Horvath eyed the contest only to stay out.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

China’s May purchasing managers’ indexes will offer insight into business sentiment, while Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s speech is eyed for rate hike timing.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Sam eyed the distance from the table to the TV set.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Tough headwinds have the industry eyeing the reset button.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

But now his physical resilience was under the spotlight - and the early signs at Wimbledon offered encouragement to those eyeing his throne.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

From remote-controlled trucks delivering life-saving aid in dangerous settings to mobile phone data analysis flagging mass displacement, humanitarians are eyeing ways in which artificial intelligence can speed up and improve their operations.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

The pair is eyeing late summer for a doors-open debut, with an open-air block party that will close Imperial Street for dancing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

“I’ll be fine. Get out of here!” his grandfather said, eyeing the growing crowd of boys standing on the path back to town.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

He told AFP that VW was eying other Asian countries and South America as places that might be receptive to its China-developed offerings.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

The company is eying a potentially blockbuster initial public offering that could draw more attention to the space sector.

From MarketWatch Apr. 20, 2026

General Catalyst is eying call centers and rental companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

Labubu maker Pop Mart has doubled its profits in the last year and is eying up global expansion in 2025.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2025

“No,” Grandpa said, eying the trap and rubbing his nose, “it wouldn’t do any good to poke a stick in it. We wouldn’t know any more then than we do now.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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