How to Use bull's-eye in a Sentence

bull's-eye

noun
  • An infected tick bite may cause a bull's-eye rash (a small circle with a ring around it) one week to three months after the bite.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Symptoms can include fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, swollen lymph nodes, and a distinctive red rash resembling a bull's-eye.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Cities such as Wichita Falls, Childress, and Amarillo are near this hail bull's-eye.
    Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Patients may develop more widespread skin rashes rather than a single bull's-eye lesion, and some infections have required hospitalization.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Some bites may develop a larger red area or a rash, including the bull's-eye pattern associated with Lyme disease, though not every tick bite causes this rash.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Lyme disease, America's most common, affects half a million annually, presenting with symptoms like a bull's-eye rash, treatable with doxycycline.
    Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

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