only have eyes for

idiom

: to feel love only for (someone)
He only has eyes for you.

Examples of only have eyes for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But even as the British invade, Stede and Blackbeard only have eyes for each other. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022 There could be a hundred bodacious bears in the river and folks would only have eyes for Otis. Christy Namee Eriksen, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022 Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka only have eyes for each other on July 26 at the afterparty for the season 1 premiere of Harris' Uncoupled at The Oak Room in N.Y.C. People Staff, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022 Lil Baby and Lil Durk currently only have eyes for each other. Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2021 Cast in bronze, nearly life-sized, Promiscuous Intimacies (2020) is Sikander’s first sculpture, and her two women only have eyes for each other. Molly Crabapple, The New York Review of Books, 8 July 2021 Quavo only have eyes for their women (Hailey Baldwin and Saweetie), and their love obviously comes with no filter. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2020

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“Only have eyes for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20have%20eyes%20for. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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