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
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
As it ought to be, the interior is spectacular, with traditional eyeball vents and chromed organ-pull dampers sharing space with discretely deployed digital displays and other modern conveniences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
An eyeball scan is required to enter, and no photographs are permitted.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
“Like Ralph Waldo Emerson? Ms. Jacobs says he was really into observing, so that’s what I’ve been doing. Observing. Like I’m an eyeball. And writing what I observe in my eyeball journal.”
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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
"It felt like someone was pushing the back of my eyeballs outwards," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Count on the ubiquitous “XX” that typically stand in for eyeballs on the Companion character and the artist’s other dark cartoonish creations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
A car resembling a pouncing cat, with glowing green eyeballs for headlights, had just eased off the highway and pulled into the parking lot.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
