How to Use sclera in a Sentence

sclera

noun

• Atop each white sclera is a neon green iris with a black pupil in the middle.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 28 Apr. 2022
• In his bust, Gurche chose to make the sclera—the whites of the eyes—dark, consistent with their coloration in modern apes.
  — Jennifer Barone, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2010
• Notice the white of the eye or sclera (arrow) shows the eye rotated toward the fish.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2023
• The area that surrounds the iris—called the sclera—is tinted in most animals but bright white in humans.
  — Popular Science, 9 June 2020
• Muscles are pale yellow, for example, and the sclera is green.
  — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2012
• The team also discovered that one of the astronauts developed folds in the choroid, the layer of blood vessels and tissue between the retina and the sclera.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022
• Even at his most terrifying, with the sclera of his eyes tinged red and his chin damp with blood, Lestat is beautiful and beguiling.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
• The ability to wrinkle the brow — which is not found in wolves — exposes the sclera, or white of the eye, and is one of a number of factors that gives domestic dogs a more puppy-like appearance.
  — Richard Pallardy, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2021
• These initial symptoms were followed by jaundice, with the skin turning yellow, and then the sclera, or white, of the eyes subsequently turning yellow.
  — Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2022
• The high contrast provided by humans’ white scleras enhances our awareness of one another’s gazes.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• Scleral tattooing consists of injecting pigment into the sclera, or white, part of the human eye with a needle.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2018
• However, one year after stopping minocycline, doctors did not see much improvement in the man's sclera discoloration, the report said.
  — Rachael Rettner, Fox News, 19 Apr. 2018
• The researchers think that humans likely prefer interacting with subjects with visible sclera, hence the focus on puppy dog eyes.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2019
• Unsafe sclera tattoos can lead to blindness, or as seen in this instance, terrifying infections.
  — Teen Vogue, 28 Sep. 2017
• In all of Wilton’s cavalcade of wonders, to my mind, no product can compete with its selection of decorative edible eyeballs: flat, white sclera of sugar marked with black to represent pupils, lids, and lashes.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024