How to Use eyeful in a Sentence

eyeful

noun
  • The view of the mountains is an eyeful.
  • This allows the adults to lie flat on their sides without getting an eyeful of sand.
    — Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2011
  • Every eyeful was a universe, a cosmos squeezed into a teacup.
    — Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Still, even at their most natural, MCB dancers can be quite an eyeful.
    — Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
  • As cute as those flirty, back-baring outfits are, what's less cute is getting an eyeful of straps and padding.
    — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
  • As the sun sets and sailboats and ferries drift by, a spectator gets a hypnotic eyeful of the city’s liquid border.
    — Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The families snacking on the lunch buffet that Wednesday were getting an eyeful.
    — Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online, 30 July 2010
  • Every Sunday, get an eyeful of soul with Silky Nutmeg Ganache.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 27 June 2019
  • The cast is huge and hugely talented, the sets and costumes are an eyeful, and the stage effects are cleverly inventive.
    — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Ten years ago, showgoers got an eyeful of the iPotty, a toilet training device for kids that had an iPad attached to it.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The lavish costumes are an eyeful, originally designed by Gregg Barnes.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2018
  • Surveillance cameras notwithstanding, Manteris got quite an eyeful over the years.
    — Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The Nest rooftop bar, with its 120-foot deck, delivers another eyeful of the bay and the Olympic Mountains.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2017
  • The Nest rooftop bar, with its 120-foot deck, delivers another eyeful of the bay and the Olympic Mountains.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2017
  • This superb sipper is as good a reason as any to break out your punch bowl, and is soon to become your signature once everyone at the gathering catches an eyeful, then tastes a cup-full.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • Angkor-rivalling eyefuls of Borobudur and its surrounding forests, hills and volcanoes fill almost every window and veranda.
    — Lucy Fennings, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2011
  • The afternoon crowd in the area of Las Olas Boulevard Tuesday got an eyeful when a streaker ran by — on the sidewalk and in the street.
    — Doug Phillips, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 July 2017
  • This weekend, fans will also get an eyeful during the NBA All-Star Weekend.
    — Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The filmmakers ensure that viewers similar in age to the kids on screen get an eyeful of what those robotics gatherings are like for their contestants, who arrive from all over the globe.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Who has not received an unwelcome, embarrassing eyeful when a fellow passenger — in a short skirt, an untucked shirt or baggy jeans — reached into the overhead bin to store a bag?
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2017
  • The ad is the brand’s latest reaction to Harry Styles getting an eyeful of Skittles thrown at his face at a concert earlier this week.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The Cocoa Beach Air Show gave onlookers quite the eyeful when a pilot had to make an emergency landing in the water.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Apr. 2021
  • In a moment of instantaneous recognition, an eyeful of singular automotive icons leaves the group speechless.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Come at the city by boat, off the deep blue of the Gulf Stream and into the robin’s-egg and violet waters of the port, and a spell – part intrigue, part eyeful – is spontaneously cast.
    — Peter Lewis, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2017
  • Arthur watches in horror from the window as Ed's pajama bottoms continue the journey downward, giving another eyeful.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2020
  • For the cap and gown recipient who loves fashion, there’s an eyeful of trendy options on the market that are also on sale due to Memorial Day Weekend sneaking up.
    — Nandi Howard, Essence, 26 May 2021
  • Aside from the music, the concerts present an eyeful for their audience, with images of various scenic locations from all over Ireland projected on large high-definition screens.
    — Jackie Moe, Orange County Register, 17 May 2017
  • Tozzi was smitten with the nearly 360-degree eyeful of lushness, with all manner of trees, brush, wild grasses and more swooping down to touch the banks of the Chagrin River.
    — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The View producer Brian Teta got an eyeful — as did viewers at home — when three cohosts motioned toward their privates during a discussion about childbirth.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The World Juniors offers an opportunity to get an eyeful of players eligible for the 2021 draft.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2020

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