How to Use side-eye in a Sentence

side-eye

noun
  • Days of stress and side-eyes ensue, while shady strangers show up on their dock.
    — Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Don't forget that classic side-eye glancing up and to the left.
    — Janaya Wecker, ELLE, 23 Feb. 2023
  • And as for anyone side-eyeing her mid-flight routine?
    — Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Bass follows suit, posing with his head turned to the tree and giving the camera a small side-eye.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The confused side-eye from Doncic was priceless.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Brows furrow, lips purse, and side-eyes are flicked — deliciously.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Expect to get side-eye or low-key snickering from people who disagree with us.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Spivey is a delight as her sidekick with a masterful side-eye, a drama queen who lives to spill the tea.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The tenuous logic, the straight-on side-eye of a simple sentence.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Gail gives her some major side-eye, but authorizes her release anyway.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Why has this become as ubiquitous as the blinking white guy or the side-eyeing little girl?
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That said, with change comes not just responsibility but also a lot of side-eye.
    — Rachel King, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • It was last seen with just its head exposed, giving the camera serious side-eye treatment.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
  • This remark prompted a side-eye from Shaboozey, which turned him into an instant meme.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 27 May 2025
  • If someone wants to come in a costume, Hayman said folks won't be judgmental or give side-eye.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Bass holds his son with one arm, lifting him as Alexander turns his head to deliver a brooding side-eye look.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And worked as a perfect support to the oblivious leads, regularly in need of a good side-eye.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Summer is still summering, but students are already starting to side-eye to the coming school year.
    — Cox Communications, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Summer is still summering, but students are already starting to side-eye to the coming school year.
    — Cox Communications, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The social media post from the Sphere was accompanied by a side-eyes emoji.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2025
  • People side-eye each other, rush in or out of rooms, drape themselves in doorways and utter cryptic insults.
    — Joan Frank, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • The Grammy winner responded to Koy’s joke with some side-eye and a sip of champagne.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Not just when Juicy soliloquizes across the proscenium or Tedra casts us some side-eye.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Nikki Glaser skewered the crowd as expected but didn’t truly offend, even if a few lines launched some side-eye.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • These faux pas can end up creating more work for the host, cause a little side-eye, or create awkward tension or frustration.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Kennedy Tolson is the sly queen of side-eye as the disobedient new housemaid Nancy.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Days before, Charli teased a very similar-sounding track with the same side-eye and skyline emoji.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Wall Street, to its credit, has (and still has) plenty of reason to give AAT the side-eye.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • The food chain is in full and pitiless effect, and no one bats an eye, or side-eyes a bat, when natural predatory impulses kick in.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
  • At this point, the constant chatter from DDG deserves a bombastic side-eye.
    — Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 10 Oct. 2024

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