glass eye

Example Sentences

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“Equipped with a prosthesis simulating a glass eye over his pupil,” we are told, Mr. Day-Lewis “practiced hitting it with the tip of his knife without batting an eyelid.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Within weeks, Yukov had a new glass eye and was back in Dovhenke, searching for Sasha.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Certainly, the glass eye he uses has made him only more risible to them.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023

She still needs another operation so that she can close the eyelid over her new glass eye.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023

I see the two of us, a blue shape, a red shape, in the brief glass eye of the mirror as we descend.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood