set eyes on
Example Sentences
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Jeff Siegrist was a student at the University of Tennessee when he first set eyes on her at a Knoxville dealership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
What was it like to first set eyes on the 127-room mansion in Northamptonshire that’s “Saltburn’s” main location?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Before Blanche set eyes on the photo, only three people in it had been identified.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2022
By the time Boikiv set eyes on her husband again, Kolia had been dead for a month.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022
“That is not my name. But you know that. You have known that since you first set eyes on me.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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