eyeball
- eye n.
- gander n.
- glance n.
- glimpse n.
- view n.
- ascertain v.
- assay v.
- behold v.
- check v.
- distinguish v.
- eye v.
- face v.
- flirt v.
- gape v.
- gawk v.
- gaze v.
- goggle v.
- investigate v.
- leer v.
- observe v.
- ogle v.
- peer v.
- regard v.
- rubberneck v.
- scrutinize v.
- sight v.
- spy v.
- stare v.
- verify v.
- watch v.
- witness v.
Example Sentences
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I got the hairy eyeball from fellow TV panelists when I said in 2019 that it was careless of the French to let Notre-Dame burn down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The team observed fluid moving from the back of the eye into the surrounding orbital tissues, which occupy the space around the eyeball.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
On Wednesday morning, I walked into Channel 4's offices in central London and took a seat in a room eyeball to eyeball with its boss.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
The combined eyeball voltage of Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone is so powerful that it’s turned silly scripts into hits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Before this moment, he would not have described this eye as blind, strictly speaking, because he had no eyeball to even lack sight.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Beckham's presence was at times questioned, especially when spending loan spells in Milan, but the England captain and global superstar brought a huge amount of eyeballs and allure to the American game.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The researchers tested the method on 12 rabbit eyeballs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
The last 20 years, Marx said, have been one big “lowest-common-denominator fight for attention,” meaning it was easier than ever to remain a public figure and make money off the resulting eyeballs.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
“What we are creating from a metric of eyeballs per cost per minute produced, I think, is an incredible bargain,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
And staring right into his eyeballs I told him, “There is never enough time for fun.”
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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