glass eye

Example Sentences

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“Equipped with a prosthesis simulating a glass eye over his pupil,” we are told, Mr. Day-Lewis “practiced hitting it with the tip of his knife without batting an eyelid.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He was blinded in his right eye, which has been replaced with a glass eye, and has only partial sight in the other.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

Within weeks, Yukov had a new glass eye and was back in Dovhenke, searching for Sasha.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

She was legally blind and had a glass eye.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2021

“You just went up to him and asked him to take out his eye? How did you know he had a glass eye? I didn’t.”

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle