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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"Evolutionarily speaking, you don't keep the organ that you don't need. After watching many videos, I realized this animal is moving its eyeball toward the light."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The trick is so subtle it can “pass the human eyeball test,” said Ben Bernstein, a cybersecurity expert at Huntress Labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
An eyeball scan is required to enter, and no photographs are permitted.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
He stops his picking, which gets Skeezie to stop his bouncing, and they eyeball each other.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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
Their cloudy-looking eyes can appear almost lifeless, and parasites are often found attached directly to the eyeballs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
“She would just be up to her eyeballs, almost literally in the book,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"It felt like someone was pushing the back of my eyeballs outwards," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
"The raisins in the Rum Raisin are really ants! The cherries in the Cherry Vanilla are really squishy eyeballs. Alien eyeballs!"
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
