How to Use black eye in a Sentence

black eye

noun
  • Just wear a black eye mask and cape.
    — Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Scratched knees, black eyes, blood on her face.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Yeah, the one where my wife gave me a black eye.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2025
  • An inkwell stares at me with one black eye, with a glint in its pupil.
    — Vladimir Nabokov, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The doll’s round black eyes were fixed in an intense stare.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The baby had a huge black eye and couldn’t get up or lift her head.
    — Mika Brzezinski, NBC News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • There’s stunts and there’s black eyes to put on and blood to figure out.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
  • These birds have black eyes, bills, and feet and their feathers can be white to beige.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Still, the struggle left her with a broken hand and black eye.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 June 2024
  • The charges came after one of their daughters went to school with a black eye.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Porter said he was being smeared, that one ex-wife’s black eye came from a fall, not his fist.
    — Susanna Schrobsdorff, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The high school junior suffered a cut to the head, a black eye, and a bruised body.
    — Carlos Suarez, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Witnesses said the 1-year-old was knocked over and got a black eye.
    — CBS News, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The black eye drama heard ‘round the world is, of course, dealt with at the reunion.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
  • And Ramos had a black eye that looked to be several days old.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The fourth time, I was left with a black eye, chipped tooth, and a busted jaw.
    — Paula Rogo, Essence, 29 Sep. 2019
  • His career sprouted from a little white lie and a big black eye.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • In the days since, Hull has developed a pair of black eyes.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Notice where the rocks are, which way the ground tilts, which branches could leave a black eye.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 29 July 2025
  • Emma Stone had a black eye at her wedding thanks to a kitchen mishap.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The Tundra's bills while black have white before the black eyes.
    — Kitty Conley, Post-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Later in the day, the photo of the ex-wive's black eye surfaced.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Perhaps the concussion and black eye should have been a wake-up call to slow down.
    — Malia Griggs, SELF, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The man had cuts to his nose, facial swelling and a black eye, officials said.
    — Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
  • There were punishments, too, leaving scars and black eyes.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Jan and the kids then watched as Gaye was carted off in the back of a squad car with a black eye.
    — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Hadid appears beat up with a gash on her arm, dirt on her face, and smeared black eye makeup.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Special teams also got a black eye as the Rams threw a first-down pass on a fake punt.
    — Tom Canavan, courant.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The other option is to use an angled brush and black eye shadow.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • There were no broken noses, there were no split lips, there were no black eyes, there were no eyebrows cut open.
    — Tom Williams, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025

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