How to Use dry eye in a Sentence

dry eye

noun
  • Frankly, there didn't seem to be a dry eye in the house.
    EW.com, 4 Jan. 2024
  • By the end of the song, there didn't seem to be a dry eye in the studio.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 9 May 2022
  • There’s range in her gazes, but no teardrops — the funny curse of the dry eye in the house.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
  • There wasn’t a dry eye in the house, at Newport or in mine.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
  • There was not a dry eye in the White House theater that night.
    Ben Foster, Variety, 23 June 2022
  • By the end, there's not a dry eye on the screen, and not a wet eye in the audience.
    Mick Lasalle, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2018
  • There was not a dry eye in the crowd (or the living room) watching the GOAT say farewell.
    ELLE, 27 June 2022
  • What is certain is that there won’t be a dry eye in the building.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 28 July 2021
  • There wasn't a dry eye in the audience when their match was over.
    Gene Guillot, NOLA.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • So, when they were announced as the winners in the finale, there wasn't a dry eye in the room.
    Keryn Donnelly, refinery29.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Petoskey won its first team championship, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the place.
    Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2020
  • And there wasn't a dry eye in the house as Grogu and the Mandalorian made their farewells.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2022
  • There wasn't a dry eye in the house as Grogu and the Mandalorian made their farewells.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2023
  • No matter who sings the lovelorn ballad, it's bound to leave few dry eyes.
    Abby Jones, Billboard, 13 June 2018
  • When the American Idol alum took to the stage, there wasn't a single dry eye in the building.
    Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 21 Sep. 2022
  • By all accounts, there were few dry eyes in the house by the time Wall’s speech concluded.
    Joe Clarkin, ajc, 22 Sep. 2017
  • There was not a dry eye in the house as Van Der Beek told how his wife, still in the hospital, urged him on to dance.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The moment spread like wildfire on social media, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
    Megan Friedman, Town & Country, 12 Jan. 2017
  • There was not a dry eye on the Democratic side of the House... nor a dry seat among the Republicans.
    National Geographic, 9 Jan. 2020
  • And that’s also why dry eye is more prevalent in women than in men.
    Catie Wegman, sun-sentinel.com, 8 July 2019
  • But by the time the player was done talking, Reich remembers there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.
    Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2020
  • Yes, dry eyes cause tearing despite the lack of moisture.
    Lindsay Modglin, Health, 1 May 2023
  • And one-quarter of the patients followed six months had mild to severe dry eyes.
    Author: Roni Caryn Rabin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2018
  • Then Hinshaw tearfully thanked his mother, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.
    Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2022
  • A few of the most common symptoms include blurred vision, headache, and dry eyes.
    Amy Capetta, Redbook, 13 June 2017
  • Bode [Miller] shared his story about what happened with his family, and there wasn't a dry eye in the bunkhouse.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Were there any dry eyes in the house after Prine sang that one after his band had left him alone at center stage?
    Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • There wasn't a dry eye in the house by the end of the episode, which closed out with a stunning performance from Team Camila's Morgan Myles.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Can’t believe there could have been a dry eye after reading this!
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • All except dry eye can lead to blindness or low vision.
    Marlene Cimons, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2017

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