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
“A lot of people don’t eyeball anything. All the drinks are jiggered. It’s precise, a very complex art form. Other bars seem easy once you work in a tiki bar.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 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
I didn’t eyeball them dead-on, but I knew they were staring at us.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
“It’s just following where we know the eyeballs are.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
So far, the vision-correction experiments have been performed on isolated rabbit eyeballs rather than living animals.
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
I could practically see the tears pressing against the backs of the girl’s eyeballs, and before I could think better of it, I found myself putting a companionable arm around her shoulders and squeezing.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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