cross-eyed
Example Sentences
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Sitting across from him at Canter’s, I also notice he appears to be a bit cross-eyed, which I find ironic because I always thought he had a wandering eye.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
If you're going cross-eyed trying to keep up, you're not alone.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023
“You kind of get cross-eyed at some point,” Ms. Maddox said.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022
“I was cross-eyed because on one hand you had a state official to deplete the water labor and then another official coming back saying you need to increase it,” Muhammad said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021
In it, Mariam saw her own face first, the archless, unshapely eyebrows, the flat hair, the eyes, mirthless green and set so closely together that one might mistake her for being cross-eyed.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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