How to Use eye-watering in a Sentence

eye-watering

adjective
  • There’s a wide array of highly capable performance cars available at this price point, many of which offer eye-watering output and acceleration figures.
    — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Justice might be an understatement — the film went on to generate an eye-watering $401 million at the global box office upon its May release.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The Daytona is widely considered the most coveted model in the Rolex catalog, with the chrono commanding eye-watering prices on the secondary market.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The now-82-year-old entrepreneur, who owns 40% of Oracle, experienced an eye-watering $101 billion wealth surge.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599, and some RTX Spark PCs can run all the way up to an eye-watering $6,999.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

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