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Guan said doctors told him there were multiple fractures to his eye socket.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
The End Zone • That shot of the doctors removing bullet fragments from Sherrod’s eye socket was cool but also pretty nasty and graphic for this show, no?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
In Zoya’s rendering of a rape victim lying face down in blood, her head has turned too far to the side, like a broken doll’s, and her empty eye sockets stare at the viewer.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Wind a toy snake through the eye sockets to up the fear factor.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1661, in the meaning defined above
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“Eye socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20socket. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
eye socket
nounMedical Definition
eye socket
noun
: orbit
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