How to Use eyesore in a Sentence

eyesore

noun

• The shack is a real eyesore.
• The 18-foot-high fence was an eyesore that would drop the land’s value.
  — T. Christian Miller, Propublica, Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar, star-telegram, 14 Dec. 2017
• When not in use, the bike was always there, a bit of an eyesore that sometimes served as a laundry rack.
  — Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2018
• The location, with the eyesore of the viaduct looming behind, is far from scenic.
  — Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario, The Seattle Times, 13 Feb. 2018
• Always the eyesore of long nails, the underside was colorless and unattractive.
  — Allison Carey, cleveland.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• The modern aesthetic, complete with leather tote strap, puts a contemporary spin on what normally stands out as an eyesore in the home.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• This modern-looking dehumidifier isn't the eyesore that some classic black-boxed units are.
  — The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, 6 Oct. 2017
• The raw and unfinished spaces were an eyesore, according to a spring 2017 report.
  — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• By the 1950s, the cemetery was an overgrown -- and decidedly creepy -- eyesore.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Critics worry about drill rigs and other eyesores that would be visible despite the plan to install light shields and noise mufflers to minimize the problem.
  — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
• Today, the long-vacant Merritt Building is covered in dark soot and graffiti, a lingering eyesore in a neighborhood on the mend.
  — Roger Vincent, latimes.com, 8 Oct. 2017
• In its beginnings, graffiti was considered vandalism, an eyesore.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2017
• Charles Millican, the university’s first president, turned the eyesore into one of most recognizable parts of the campus.
  — Annie Martin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• Trump had prepared for the event by directing his workers to replace the clean boards that covered the once-grand building’s windows with dirty scrap wood, accentuating the decrepit state of the midtown eyesore.
  — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2018
• The flare stack is the kind of eyesore that raises the ire of locals.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2019
• Don't let a clunky range hood be an eyesore in your kitchen.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2022
• Even last year’s eyesore of a unit managed to find the end zone in all 16 games.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2019
• The Ravens’ offense, meanwhile, was an eyesore for much of the night.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 12 Nov. 2021
• That’s a long time for the neighborhood to live with this eyesore.
  — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• At 3-for-45, the Wild has the worst clip in the NHL — an eyesore that continues to fester and cost the team points.
  — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
• The site takes up an entire city block and is an eyesore on C Street.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2019
• No one seems to know what will become of the place — or whether it’s art or an eyesore.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2019
• Well, some would call it an eyesore but beauty is in the eye of the lease holder.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
• The living room's stone wall was an eyesore from day one.
  — Lisa Mowry, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2021
• The house on the hill is an eyesore that will ruin her TV special.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
• Here, a large AC panel in the back wall was a major eyesore.
  — Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2023
• The concrete skirt remained around the hole, which was an eyesore filled with weeds.
  — oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2021
• Not only that, but this project is a huge, hideous eyesore.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2019
• Paris also recently mulled a ban on the small lock boxes that hosts use to store keys, often a telltale sign of short-term rentals, citing them as an eyesore.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 18 June 2024
• The idea behind the public-private partnership between developers and the state was to transform the eyesore of rail yards and the fallow surrounding area around Fourth Ave., Atlantic Ave.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 May 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024