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Examples of eyesight in a Sentence
He wears glasses because his eyesight is not good.
the keen eyesight of a bird of prey
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His father ran a series of failing cafés; his grandmother told him that learning the alphabet ruins one’s eyesight.
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 7 May 2024
That’s above everybody’s eyesight so people don’t always look up until, again, its too big of a problem.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 7 May 2024
That’s above everybody’s eyesight so people don’t always look up until, again, its too big of a problem.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Eyesight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyesight. Accessed 13 May. 2024.
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eyesight
noun
eye·sight
ˈī-ˌsīt 
: sight entry 1 sense 3, vision
keen eyesight
Medical Definition
eyesight
noun
eye·sight
ˈī-ˌsīt
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