hazel

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The missile, named after the Russian word for hazel tree, was first fired on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro in 2024.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Professor Paul Thomas, an expert in fungus cultivation at the University of Stirling, planted a small row of hazel trees in 2020 in his garden at Ascog on Bute.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

She is described as being 5 feet 10 and weighing 140 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024

She has beautiful hazel eyes and long eyelashes, but they’re wide open, barely blinking as she breathes heavily into an oxygen mask that covers most of her little face.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

His mussed brown curls and full lips gave him an air of innocence, but his hazel eyes were as hard and wary as those of a meadow viper, his handsome face all sharp edges.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros