How to Use iris in a Sentence

iris

noun

• The key notes are iris butter, floral oud and creamy musk.
  — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
• The pupil is the round, black circle in the center of the iris.
  — Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023
• There are reasons to have iris implants.
  — Torie Bosch, STAT, 9 May 2026
• Its eyes stand out from the rest of the body with red irises, researchers said.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
• But in other cities, people have lined up to have their irises scanned.
  — David Ingram, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Unlike most iris, these darlings grow from a bulb, not a rhizome.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
• The square of the eye, the white part, is completely dark on my right eye, not just the iris.
  — Megan Stein, Country Living, 21 July 2019
• Bare root plants will be for sale, with experts on hand to discuss iris plant questions.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018
• Mechanical eyes as well as human ones use an iris to let in light.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2021
• Plants with grass-like leaves, such as irises, lilies, liatris, and daylilies.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
• The muddy brown of his irises seemed to compress his pupils into slits.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• The most popular kind of iris, the bearded iris is equally as easy to care for.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2023
• When first erected for the Games, the arch’s panels opened and closed like the iris of an eye.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
• The lens is positioned behind the colored part of your eye, called the iris.
  — Amir Khan, sun-sentinel.com, 6 June 2019
• The fragrance contains top notes of green cardamom and iris along with a clean, woody, spicy and smoky base.
  — Tara Paniogue, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
• Olfactively, La vie est belle was billed as the first tasty iris scent.
  — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Thin out your iris bed to leave 18 inches between the rhizomes.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• The gardens bloomed with yellow and red roses, iris, lilac and peonies.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 July 2019
• That's not true of the Siberian iris, which is truly a trouble-free plant.
  — Angela England, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026
• Get a ghoulish gaze by outlining the iris with black and filling in with strokes of both blue and green.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
• Cuttlefish have camera-type eyes, which have a cornea, lens, iris and retina.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
• Video and photos show the shark's eyes were white, with no visible irises, when it was caught.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
• The cornea is the clear part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil and everything else that lies beneath.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2023
• Eye color refers to the color of your iris, which is the colored part of your eye that surrounds the pupil.
  — Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2023
• The red-eyed vireo, an olive-green songbird with red irises, eats insects in the spring and summer.
  — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• Her gaze has a shadowy complexity to it, a soft smile; on her irises are white points.
  — Teju Cole, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• Crested iris is a sweet little native that really likes part shade.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
• With this surgery, the doctor can lighten, darken or simply change the color of your iris.
  — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
• Her favorite rain garden plant is the blue iris, though there are many native options available.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
• Sharks typically have a black iris, researchers said.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025