fixed upon
Example Sentences
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Showman Lyles made his entrance to huge excitement, seemingly ready to seize his moment with the eyes of the world fixed upon him, but he remained third throughout following a slow start.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
And if there’s freedom, it is the false freedom of the state of nature, in which our weapons are always pointed and our eyes are fixed upon one another.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023
John said people usually slow to a crawl around him because their heads are fixed upon the classic car.
From Washington Times • Aug. 19, 2017
When she and the gallery’s co-curators, Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist, finally fixed upon a date, she thought that she might show little-known early works, or sound pieces.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2014
His greedy expression was curiously mirrored on Hepzibah’s face, except that her tiny eyes were fixed upon Voldemort’s handsome features.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
