eye socket

noun

Examples of eye socket in a Sentence

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Guan said doctors told him there were multiple fractures to his eye socket. Peter Guo, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024 The End Zone • That shot of the doctors removing bullet fragments from Sherrod’s eye socket was cool but also pretty nasty and graphic for this show, no? Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024 In Zoya’s rendering of a rape victim lying face down in blood, her head has turned too far to the side, like a broken doll’s, and her empty eye sockets stare at the viewer. Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024 Wind a toy snake through the eye sockets to up the fear factor. Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for eye socket 

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eye socket was in 1661

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“Eye socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20socket. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

eye socket

noun

Medical Definition

eye socket

noun
: orbit

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