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Examples of eye contact in a Sentence
He maintained eye contact with me throughout the conversation.
The speaker made eye contact with audience members.
The jury avoided eye contact with the defendant as the verdict was read.
Recent Examples on the Web
Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, and EY offer specialized training for pandemic-era graduates, including how to talk to people in person, speak up in meetings, and make eye contact.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 24 Apr. 2024
Common advice is to ask for directions, make eye contact, give a compliment, or pose a specific question—like what someone’s favorite nearby coffee shop is.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024
The coalition seeks especially to challenge therapies that aim only to modify or control behavior, such as forcing people with autism to make eye contact, instead of understanding neurodiverse ways of adapting.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
Middleton, whom federal prosecutors described as the ringleader of the group, was sentenced later that day and made no eye contact with the victims during his sentencing.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
Their encounter, a meeting at the threshold of life and death, is tense, but in their eye contact is something familiar: a chilling flash of mutual recognition.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
Similarly, interviewers must be mindful of how relying on social cues like body language or eye contact can discriminate against neurodiverse individuals.
—Jennifer "jay" Palumbo, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Wright works his wonders with restraint — the hang of his head, breaking of eye contact, pauses deployed to convey exasperation.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
In the long, dark hallway between rooms, my fellow-moms didn’t make eye contact.
—Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near eye contact
Cite this Entry
“Eye contact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20contact. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
eye contact
noun
: the act of looking another person straight in the eye
Medical Definition
eye contact
noun
: visual contact with another person's eyes
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