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Examples of eye socket in a Sentence
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In Zoya’s rendering of a rape victim lying face down in blood, her head has turned too far to the side, like a broken doll’s, and her empty eye sockets stare at the viewer.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Wind a toy snake through the eye sockets to up the fear factor.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
In 1968, the face of Frankenstein’s monster came to life with a glint in its gaping hollow eyes, as a 5-year-old Howard Harris peered through the eye sockets of the flimsy plastic mask.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
The lawsuit says the encounter left her with a broken eye socket and a laceration to her forehead, but police sources say the woman was not injured by cops, but ran into a pole.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1661, in the meaning defined above
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“Eye socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20socket. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
eye socket
nounMedical Definition
eye socket
noun
: orbit
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