Examples of eye contact in a Sentence
He maintained eye contact with me throughout the conversation.
The speaker made eye contact with audience members.
The jury avoided eye contact with the defendant as the verdict was read.
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There’s clearly training and rehearsals for these parts, and the performers manage to establish eye contact with spectators below.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
Children who give short answers, avoid eye contact, or seem overly eager to please may be hiding their true feelings.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 11 Apr. 2026
According to the company, Vinci’s eye-tracking technology enables robots to capture attention and foster trust by mimicking natural human behaviors such as sustained eye contact.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Rather than intervene on the distressed woman’s behalf, everyone else avoids eye contact, keeping their faces glued to their phones — including our ashamed hero, who’s about to get a call that will put him face to face with the possibility of fatherhood himself.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
Children who give short answers, avoid eye contact, or seem overly eager to please may be hiding their true feelings.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 11 Apr. 2026
According to the company, Vinci’s eye-tracking technology enables robots to capture attention and foster trust by mimicking natural human behaviors such as sustained eye contact.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Rather than intervene on the distressed woman’s behalf, everyone else avoids eye contact, keeping their faces glued to their phones — including our ashamed hero, who’s about to get a call that will put him face to face with the possibility of fatherhood himself.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for eye contact
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“Eye contact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20contact. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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