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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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.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
No Padres got on in the third, and Luis Campusano didn’t even get a chance to see a third pitch in his inning-ending strikeout, as he was assessed strike three for not making eye contact with Suárez by the time eight seconds were remaining on the pitch clock.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
She was attacked in 2007 following the gorilla’s escape from his zoo enclosure (gorillas are threatened by smiling and eye contact).
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
When the person made eye contact, gulls hesitated and took longer to approach the food.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
No Padres got on in the third, and Luis Campusano didn’t even get a chance to see a third pitch in his inning-ending strikeout, as he was assessed strike three for not making eye contact with Suárez by the time eight seconds were remaining on the pitch clock.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
She was attacked in 2007 following the gorilla’s escape from his zoo enclosure (gorillas are threatened by smiling and eye contact).
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
When the person made eye contact, gulls hesitated and took longer to approach the food.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 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 10 Apr. 2026.
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