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Example sentences for "eyes were"

  • Rabourdin noticed that Phellion's eyes were moist, and he could not refrain from wringing his hand.

  • Celestine's eyes were opened to a sudden vision in which the devil, in one of his infernal flashes, showed her the meaning of her last conversation with des Lupeaulx.

  • But now and then, when her mother's eyes were glued to the stage, Hilda stole a glance at the upper balconies where impecunious young officers leaned over the rail and gazed at her respectfully.

  • His grandfather's eyes were fixed on the two gold eagles over the door, but the photograph on the table appeared to be smiling at him.

  • Now and then Hedwig glanced at Nikky, when he was not looking, and always, when they dared, the young soldier's eyes were on her.

  • Bobby's eyes were on the cake; he came back with difficulty.

  • Master Richard was taken up, and when Lucy came back her eyes were full of tears.

  • My eyes were homes of light fringed with night.

  • To this portrait Richard's eyes were directed.

  • I was deeply moved by his kindness, and my eyes were full of regret as I looked at him.

  • My eyes were smarting, and I was choking with indignation, so much so that I was seized with a fit of coughing, which I exaggerated in order to attract the attention of the impolite man.

  • She felt that a pair of eyes were riveted on her face, and suddenly the blood surged into her white cheeks.

  • Beulah's eyes were riveted on the canvas.

  • Cyril's eyes were on Marie, who was nervously trying to smooth back a few fluffy wisps of hair that had escaped from restraining combs and pins.

  • But Billy's eyes were on the music before her.

  • The crowd was thickening fast, now, and Billy's eyes were alert.

  • Arkwright's eyes were on the enraptured face of the girl so near him.

  • Quiet Mary Burge, who sat near enough to see that Hetty was cross and that Adam's eyes were fixed on her, thought that so sensible a man as Adam must be reflecting on the small value of beauty in a woman whose temper was bad.

  • Seth's eyes were red, and there was a look of deep depression on his mild face.

  • Anne's eyes were closed, and her brow contracted as if from intense pain.

  • My eyes were glued to his as they had been that first evening when he had called me "Mrs. Wilson," and after an instant he looked away, and his face was set and hard.

  • My features seemed frozen, and my eyes were glued to his.

  • But the more I looked at him and saw how candid his eyes were, and how stern his mouth might be, the more I shivered at the plunge.

  • The young girl's eyes were fixed on his lips, and again, he seemed to be making music for her alone.

  • As the lawyer read this compliment, Tom's eyes were running o'er.

  • Goujet's eyes were damp, so much was he touched by the kind way in which Gervaise spoke, and the others felt that it would bring them good luck.

  • Coupeau's eyes were closed, and his face twitched convulsively.

  • Grace's eyes were attracted by some curious objects against the walls.

  • My eyes were so heavy this morning that I could have wept my life away.

  • Mildred's eyes were fixed on a great shaggy mountain in the west, that was all the more dark and forbidding in its own deep shadow.

  • As he emerged from the curtained doorway, Mildred's eyes were fastened on Roger's face, determined that nothing in its expression should escape her.

  • Clara's eyes were fixed on her mother's face with pathetic intensity, watching the glimmer of that mysterious thing we call life, that flickered more and more faintly.

  • Eyes were blood-shot, clothing torn, limbs were bleeding, and mingled fury and sudden hope struggled in each ashen face.

  • The king's eyes were glued on the mirrored view of the capitol, his trembling hands held out, as if commanding silence.

  • Johnston's eyes were glued on his companion's face.

  • Mrs. Yocomb glanced at her daughter reprovingly, but Miss Warren's eyes were dancing, and I saw she was enjoying my rather blank look immensely.

  • I dared not look at Miss Warren, but saw that Mr. Hearn's eyes were on her.

  • The incident amused Adah exceedingly, and I saw that Miss Warren's eyes were full of laughter.

  • The young man's eyes were full of tears as he told of it.

  • Don Clemente's eyes were veiled in silence, and the disciple humbled himself in a mute but visible impulse of obedience.

  • True, but the Abbot had said never to return, Don Clemente's eyes were full of tears, but he still smiled.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eyes were" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    best compliments; carrying away; completely destroyed; eyes closed; eyes fixed; eyes flashed; eyes from; eyes like; eyes narrowed; eyes open; eyes opened; eyes right; eyes twinkled; eyes went; eyes were; full length; general welfare; good general; good morals; half cupful; high hand; home affairs; increase from; noble lord; perceived that; sugar pine