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
By then, Yukov had a new glass eye, which looks incredibly real until he raps on it with his knuckles.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Certainly, the glass eye he uses has made him only more risible to them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
She still needs another operation so that she can close the eyelid over her new glass eye.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
Perhaps, I thought, the whole thing should roll off me like drops of water rolling off Jack's glass eye.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
