eyesore

Example Sentences

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The long-running bankruptcy sale of downtown Los Angeles’ most spectacular eyesore drags on with no clear end in sight.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Not only is the waste an eyesore, it is also damaging to sheep grazing on the land as well as nesting birds and other wildlife, she said.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

The community -- which has long caught the eye of writers, travellers and NGOs but is seen as an eyesore by the government -- faced similar demolitions in 2005 and 2012.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Spending $8,000 to repave it does seem like a lot of money up front, but perhaps the reason your agent is pushing for this update is that it’s kind of an eyesore.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025

I says that old rattletrap’s just an eyesore, yet you’ll keep it standing there in the carriage house a hundred years just so that boy can ride to the cemetery once a week.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner