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. 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 See All Example Sentences for eye level

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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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