How to Use eye drops in a Sentence

eye drops

plural noun
  • Which eye drops have been recalled?
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • All users have to do is apply the new eye drops once or twice per day.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Dec. 2025
  • In total, eight eye drops were recalled.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • These could be eye drops, medicated or saline nose sprays or oral tablets.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Treatments range from eye drops to surgery, depending on the cause.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The eye drops don’t treat the cause of presbyopia but helps treat its symptoms.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Antihistamine eye drops and saline eye drops to flush out your eyes are your best bet.
    — Kelsey Castañon, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And there are great over-the-counter eye drops that are antihistamines.
    — Eileen Finan, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • These medications come in forms such as tablets, nasal sprays, or eye drops.
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Over-the-counter eye drops offered some relief, but the pain never went away.
    — Catie Wegman, sun-sentinel.com, 8 July 2019
  • It can be prescribed in tablet form or as an oral solution, eye drops, or ear drops.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 29 June 2020
  • Froome was treated with eye drops and Sagan poured water over his face to clean his eyes.
    — Samuel Petrequin, The Seattle Times, 24 July 2018
  • So, why did the out-of-pocket cost jump 200% in one year for these eye drops?
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2022
  • And a year’s supply of atropine eye drops costs hundreds of dollars.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Fentanyl can be mixed into cocaine and methamphetamines and can be found in nasal sprays or eye drops.
    — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • And there’s Kafuku, with tears of prescription eye drops rolling down his cheek.
    — Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2022
  • While an unopened bottle might have a longer shelf life, once eye drops are opened, the lifespan shortens.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Youngs was given eye drops and told to come back in a couple of weeks if the issue persisted.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 9 May 2025
  • The suspect admitted to taking the items, along with two boxes of eye drops.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2021
  • This is not the first case in which someone has been accused of using eye drops to poison someone.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 June 2021
  • The doctor sent him off with antibiotics and a prescription for steroid eye drops.
    — Scottie Andrew and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 16 July 2019
  • Some have come up with ingenious ways to kill — poisoning with nicotine or eye drops.
    — Dena Goldstein, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • So a lot of misinformation around eye drops.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 9 May 2026
  • There’s just a handful of other ones, just homeopathic eye drops, no, don’t.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 9 May 2026
  • In this exam, your doctor will give you eye drops to numb the eye, and then place a special contact lens on the top of the eye.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, Health.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Azelastine eye drops are also available to treat itchy, watery eyes.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And several of those are usually cleared up by a quick course of antibiotics or even a few eye drops.
    — Kristin Canning, Health, 30 June 2023
  • Certain eye drops can soothe eyes or alleviate these symptoms.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Triggers like sweat, stress, harsh soaps and detergents, dust, eye drops or solutions, and pollen can all cause flares.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 3 July 2018
  • Mann, now 38, was given steroid eye drops to help manage her symptoms moving forward.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025

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