eye socket

noun

Examples of eye socket in a Sentence

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At the top of the trail, a rough stone house fills the eye socket of a cave. Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Clearly looking to shock, Raimi depicts bodily injury in oozing detail, whether that means thrusting the camera into Bradley’s festering leg wound or watching one of the pair plunge their thumb into the eye socket of the other. Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026 All is sexy and good until her new boyfriend Peter starts seeing and feeling bugs — in the room, in the walls, under his skin, within his eye sockets. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026 Better to get a little hole in the ceiling than a hole in someone's eye socket. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eye socket

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 1 Feb. 2026.

Kids Definition

eye socket

noun

Medical Definition

eye socket

noun
: orbit

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