Examples of right between the eyes in a Sentence
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Trump fired a tariff torpedo at China — and hit Boeing right between the eyes, writes columnist Michael Hiltzik.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
The similarities hit you right between the eyes: Iraola is a 42-year-old manager who has overachieved during his time with a smaller Premier League club, having previously overachieved with a smaller team in Spain.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In a December 2023 game, Ray was again struck — almost identically — with a puck right between the eyes.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
The words hit me like a stray, leftover Medallion of Power right between the eyes.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Leave it to Kathy Hilton to shoot straight from the hip — and aim for right between the eyes.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 July 2024
The family wrapped the dog in a blanket and took him to a veterinary office — where x-rays revealed he had been shot in the head, right between the eyes, and one of the bullets was lodged in his throat, Tamllos said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2024
Sea turtles just get hit by all those things directly, right between the eyes.
—Sarah Vitak, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2023
Every once in a while the material rears up and hits you right between the eyes.
—al, 30 Jan. 2022
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
The similarities hit you right between the eyes: Iraola is a 42-year-old manager who has overachieved during his time with a smaller Premier League club, having previously overachieved with a smaller team in Spain.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In a December 2023 game, Ray was again struck — almost identically — with a puck right between the eyes.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
The words hit me like a stray, leftover Medallion of Power right between the eyes.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Leave it to Kathy Hilton to shoot straight from the hip — and aim for right between the eyes.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 July 2024
The family wrapped the dog in a blanket and took him to a veterinary office — where x-rays revealed he had been shot in the head, right between the eyes, and one of the bullets was lodged in his throat, Tamllos said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2024
Sea turtles just get hit by all those things directly, right between the eyes.
—Sarah Vitak, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2023
Every once in a while the material rears up and hits you right between the eyes.
—al, 30 Jan. 2022
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“Right between the eyes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right%20between%20the%20eyes. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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