black eye
noun
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Hadid appears beat up with a gash on her arm, dirt on her face, and smeared black eye makeup.
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Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
Arnold, with two black eyes, a little lingering puffiness and a mask to protect the healing nasal bones, was good to go.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
Wilman González, left with a black eye from a blast, picked through rubble at home, surrounded by broken furniture.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2026
Instead these prophets of doom will continue to give the entire economics profession a black eye.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
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Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
Arnold, with two black eyes, a little lingering puffiness and a mask to protect the healing nasal bones, was good to go.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
Wilman González, left with a black eye from a blast, picked through rubble at home, surrounded by broken furniture.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2026
Instead these prophets of doom will continue to give the entire economics profession a black eye.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for black eye
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20eye. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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