eye level
noun
: a level that is as high as a person's eyes
He hung the picture at eye level.
The hook is just above eye level.
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Cruise On The Dora Queen Enjoy the lakes from eye level rather than up above via the Dora Queen, an 80-foot New Orleans-style paddlewheel boat that cruises up and down Lake Dora.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Hang pieces at eye level and ensure there’s a harmonious relationship between wall art and the items below it.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
The princess spent time with personnel and their children, crouching to speak at eye level and trading stories about family life on a high-tempo base.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Burnett’s stage was designed so that the audience was seated below the eye level of the performers, in a sunken pit, rather than above them, on risers.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Hang pieces at eye level and ensure there’s a harmonious relationship between wall art and the items below it.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
The princess spent time with personnel and their children, crouching to speak at eye level and trading stories about family life on a high-tempo base.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Burnett’s stage was designed so that the audience was seated below the eye level of the performers, in a sunken pit, rather than above them, on risers.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Eye level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20level. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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