lidless eye

Example Sentences

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She turned the lamp up as high as it would safely burn so that the huge lidless eye of it would throw its full glare on him and her.

From Bride of the Mistletoe by Allen, James Lane

The watcher stood beside, staring with his tense face and unwinking, lidless eye.

From Irish Fairy Tales by Stephens, James

Each leaf had an eye, but a hidden, lidless eye.

From The Extra Day by Blackwood, Algernon

Under a vertical sun, the exposed brain And lidless eye and disemprisoned heart Less certainly would wither up at once Than mind, confronted with the truth of him.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

Under a vertical sun, the exposed brain and lidless eye and disimprisoned heart less certainly would wither up at once, than mind, confronted with the truth of Him.

From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram