eye socket

noun

Examples of eye socket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 See all Example Sentences for eye socket 

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Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of eye socket was in 1661

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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

noun

Medical Definition

eye socket

noun
: orbit

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