oculus

The American architect and artist created a contemplative moment with her two-part sculptural fountain: One stone lies flat as water bubbles up and over it, while an adjacent 11-foot-tall stone oculus emits a gentle mist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

A large open-air square, which Halsey calls an oculus, contains carvings of neighborhood landmarks, faces, signs and symbols.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

A metal pendulum in “Diver” hangs from a string rigged just below the oculus into a kind of hippie Zen-garden arranged within the fountain.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

At ground level, a circular port called an oculus will allow passersby to peer into a 325,000-gallon coral canyon teeming with thousands of fish and invertebrates.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

I glance over my shoulder to see if Killer Man is giving me the evil oculus, but he is not so much as looking in my direction.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

In Classical architecture, oculi were left open to the elements, and these skylights can open, too.

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2016

It requires contractions of the orbicularis oculi, the sphincter muscle surrounding the eye socket, which, Duchenne wrote, “is only put in play by the sweet emotions of the soul.”

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 5, 2015

She needs to squeeze them tighter to demonstrate the strength she has in the orbicular oculi.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

While a performed or deliberate smile requires just the zygomaticus major, the muscle around the mouth, “real” smiles involve both the lips and the muscles ringing the eyes, the orbicularis oculi.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2013

It is almost impossible to tighten the orbicularis oculi, pars orbitalis on demand, and it is equally difficult to stop it from tightening when we smile at something genuinely pleasurable.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell