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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At one point, the pup even tried to avoid eye contact and looked away instead, but couldn’t resist glancing back at the cat with nothing but a fearful expression.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Imitating the speech or body language of others during a conversation is another form of masking, along with forcing eye contact or facial expressions, which may feel unnatural.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Finally, fans were not allowed to make eye contact with his hair.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Our last intern avoided eye contact.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Imitating the speech or body language of others during a conversation is another form of masking, along with forcing eye contact or facial expressions, which may feel unnatural.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Finally, fans were not allowed to make eye contact with his hair.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Our last intern avoided eye contact.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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 27 Sep. 2025.
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