: 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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And then start getting the eyesores off our sidewalks.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
Three straight losses are an eyesore.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
However, the vacant lot itself has become an eyesore, surrounded by a chain-link fence.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2025
The vacant Broadcast House — built in 1961 — deteriorated into an eyesore after WFSB/Channel 3 relocated its studios to Rocky Hill in 2006 — and was demolished soon after Islam acquired the property.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
Three straight losses are an eyesore.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
However, the vacant lot itself has become an eyesore, surrounded by a chain-link fence.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2025
The vacant Broadcast House — built in 1961 — deteriorated into an eyesore after WFSB/Channel 3 relocated its studios to Rocky Hill in 2006 — and was demolished soon after Islam acquired the property.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 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 4 May. 2025.
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eyesore
noun
eye·sore
ˈī-ˌsōr 
-ˌsȯr
: something displeasing to the sight
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