How to Use black eye in a Sentence

black eye

noun

• And even in my cool, dry city, black eye shadow often gets messy.
  — R.o. Kwon, The Cut, 6 Apr. 2018
• The news came out, this is a big blunder, a black eye for the Vatican.
  — Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
• Her mugshot shows a black eye and laceration across her forehead.
  — Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Her sister suffered a black eye, Howard recalled in the report.
  — Uriel J. Garcia, azcentral, 23 Mar. 2018
• Wingert retweeted a photo taken of her black eye after returning home.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2018
• Christina Aguilera is always serving face with full makeup - black eye liner, contoured cheeks and red lips.
  — Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
• The sport's problems, no matter how serious, no matter how much of a black eye, won't lessen enthusiasm for the tournament.
  — Jerry Brewer, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• Diarse has a black eye after taking a pass to the face from Hill last week during a tryout camp in Tampa, Florida.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 30 Mar. 2018
• The fastest electric vehicle chargers got a public black eye because stations were hard to locate and about 80% reliable.
  — Sue Saunders, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
• The news that Facebook’s Android app has been collecting call and text histories is yet another black eye for the social media giant.
  — Ryan Nakashima and Mae Anderson, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• The news that Facebook's Android app has been collecting call and text histories is yet another black eye for the social media giant.
  — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2018
• Fear that Facebook’s latest black eye will touch off a regulatory avalanche sent the tech-heavy Nasdaq indexes to the steepest losses in six weeks.
  — Josh Petri, Bloomberg.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• The spacecraft leaked helium on its recent outward journey, and some of its thrusters failed — another black eye for a company that was once the stand-in for quality engineering.
  — Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
• With their bright white bellies, large black eyes and triangular teeth, white sharks are easily distinguished from other local species, NC State reports.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 12 Mar. 2018
• The victim had two black eyes, and her eyes were bloody.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 May 2020
• An inkwell stares at me with one black eye, with a glint in its pupil.
  — Vladimir Nabokov, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
• The fourth time, I was left with a black eye, chipped tooth, and a busted jaw.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence, 29 Sep. 2019
• The black eye drama heard ‘round the world is, of course, dealt with at the reunion.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
• The baby had a huge black eye and couldn’t get up or lift her head.
  — Mika Brzezinski, NBC News, 21 Apr. 2021
• 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
• Still, the struggle left her with a broken hand and black eye.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 June 2024
• Baseball was left with a black eye and many fans are left in anger: Screw you.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2020
• These birds have black eyes, bills, and feet and their feathers can be white to beige.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2019
• Dalio said the book was a black eye for all journalists.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
• The result has been a black eye for the Wisconsin DNR and hunters alike.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 17 Mar. 2021
• The older man had a black eye and a bloated face from the beating, Lantz said.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
• And Ramos had a black eye that looked to be several days old.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
• Mike Vellucci had a black eye and bloody nose to prove it.
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
• The puree is darker than chickpea hummus because of the black eyes in the peas.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2018
• 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

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024