eye opener
Example Sentences
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Milner describes his time in the lower leagues as a "bit of an eye-opener", with Swindon's players bringing their own pasta to eat on the team bus.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
Sending in the Marines certainly was an eye-opener.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
She described the 10 days of workshops and events as an "eye-opener", helping to demystify the process of getting published and filling her with confidence as a writer too.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025
Michelle Avary, also of Menlo Park, works for a Swedish-owned trucking company and said it has been an eye-opener to see how Swedish people work.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024
‘Wolves won’t get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hair off my head!’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.