eye opener

Example Sentences

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Stone Mountain, Rubenstein said, was “maybe the most exhilarating in some ways, an eye-opener.”

From Washington Post

Pieters later told The Daily Telegraph: “Hopefully this week was an eye-opener for everybody that this is good for golf. There were three LIV players in the top four here, but there are only three LIV players in the world’s top 35. How does that work? Look, you want to play against the best in the world but when the system’s rigged or you don’t get the best, the product’s not going to be as good.”

From Washington Times

Learning how Williams composed this after converting to Catholicism, retreating and returning to music was a real eye-opener.

From New York Times

“Everything is quite low-rise where I grew up, and coming to New York was a real eye-opener, with the tall buildings and all that,” she said in a phone interview.

From Seattle Times

“I realized that I was gonna die in prison. And that’s a kick in the gut. But it’s also an eye-opener,” he said.

From Seattle Times