: something offensive to view
the old factory has become an eyesore
Examples of eyesore in a Sentence
The shack is a real eyesore.
the old abandoned house was a neighborhood eyesore
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Not pressure washing your driveway can lead to structural damage or even safety hazards on top of the inevitable eyesore.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Our Place Wonder Oven $185 Amazon Sometimes kitchen appliances can be an eyesore, but that’s not the case with Our Place’s toaster oven.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2025
But the hotel devolved from an icon to an eyesore in the decades preceding its demolition late last year, months after a fire tore through its long-vacant interior the night of Saturday, June 15, 2024.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
Logan Singerman, executive director of the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, said there are examples around the city where vacant lots — once eyesores — have been transformed into places where neighborhood residents want to spend time.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Our Place Wonder Oven $185 Amazon Sometimes kitchen appliances can be an eyesore, but that’s not the case with Our Place’s toaster oven.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2025
But the hotel devolved from an icon to an eyesore in the decades preceding its demolition late last year, months after a fire tore through its long-vacant interior the night of Saturday, June 15, 2024.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
Logan Singerman, executive director of the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, said there are examples around the city where vacant lots — once eyesores — have been transformed into places where neighborhood residents want to spend time.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for eyesore
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“Eyesore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyesore. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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eyesore
noun
eye·sore
ˈī-ˌsōr 
-ˌsȯr
: something displeasing to the sight
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