How to Use by sight in a Sentence

by sight

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• To the Word that teaches me to walk by faith, and not by sight.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2020
• Several bankers at the Oak Lawn branch knew him by sight.
  — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
• My mom could decode all the plaques in elevators—not by touch, but by sight.
  — Lisa Solomon, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2021
• The Fitzgerald could not be seen by sight or radar and did not return radio calls.
  — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 2 Nov. 2025
• Malleson himself is unknown by name in this country, though most movie buffs know him by sight.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
• So de Margerie thought up a way to track animals purely by sight.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2015
• Nance's lawyers argued that his veins are tough to locate by sight and that the ones that can be seen are compromised.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
• But each limb might have a specific role during a bout of hunting by sight, the study suggests.
  — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2022
• And both Choquette and Robinson knew Tanya — at least by sight.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
• The dogs are all trained not to pull on the leash, to stay in formation and to steer clear of rattlesnakes by sight, sound or scent.
  — Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 24 June 2025
• These moments of realization are not prompted by sight though.
  — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
• Pilots can also fly by sight rather than relying on instruments.
  — Sheikh Saaliq, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
• Peterson says spotting a hybrid junglefowl by sight is not always easy.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• However, gauging by sight alone has its risks, as undercooked bacon may lead to foodborne illness.
  — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• Visitors can observe birds, identifying them by sight, sound and habitat.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
• An experienced birder can identify each 5-inch warbler by sight and sound.
  — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 20 May 2021
• If the fish aren’t biting, try locating fish by sight and casting shiny, colorful presentations right in front of their noses.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Tony was the tallest boy in fourth grade, and Lilian knew his mother, a petite interior designer, by sight.
  — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
• Kansas City and Baltimore are the two top teams by analytics — and pretty much by sight.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• The scientists easily recognize a few hundred dolphin fins by sight.
  — Christina Larson, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2022
• There was a time, too, when art directors and commercial illustrators were major figures, their studios and styles known by sight.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• The moment Kendall hears the Hudson, everyone understands – first by ear, then by sight – that this story is over.
  — Delia Casadei, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
• Being a relatively small community also probably helps—harder to get up to no good if the entire town knows you by sight.
  — Kyle Orland & Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2023
• Unsettled, Thompson shifted to words that most 8-year-old children can recognize, if only by sight.
  — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 3 July 2021
• Security at the property is tight, and those working at the guardhouse reportedly know each member by sight.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2021
• However, when the human cone opsin was given to blind mice, the animals regained enough vision to explore their environment by sight.
  — Caroline Seydel, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• Earlier visits to penguin crèches had told them that the young birds navigate partly by sight, but that most of them could still find their way in the dark—so some other talent was at work too.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2013
• Even today, most inspections are done manually, subjectively, and by sight.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• For his constituents, 1619 is not just a number but a historical fact with an address, verifiable by sight.
  — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
• Indeed, while many species’ reactions to death are mediated mainly by sight, that certainly wasn’t the case for wiggling roundworms, which have no eyes and no sense of vision.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025