Examples of green-eyed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Supermodel Gisele Bundchen, who was married to Tom Brady from 2009 to 2022 was long seen as Public Enemy No. 1 by New England Patriots fans and green-eyed spectators. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Feb. 2024 This 57,000-acre private nature reserve is the largest in Costa Rica and home to endangered species like jaguars and green-eyed frogs. Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023 If the playoffs were the Tour de France, the Celtics would be donning yellow leader jerseys, not green-and-white ones. Analytics models and old-fashioned oddsmakers alike see the playoffs through green-eyed glasses. Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023 His mother, a green-eyed Creole woman raised in a country town just outside of Shreveport, La., moved the family to Compton. Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of green-eyed was in 1600

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“Green-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green-eyed. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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