How to Use black eye in a Sentence

black eye

noun

• The victim had two black eyes, and her eyes were bloody.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 May 2020
• An inkwell stares at me with one black eye, with a glint in its pupil.
  — Vladimir Nabokov, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
• The fourth time, I was left with a black eye, chipped tooth, and a busted jaw.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence, 29 Sep. 2019
• The black eye drama heard ‘round the world is, of course, dealt with at the reunion.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
• The baby had a huge black eye and couldn’t get up or lift her head.
  — Mika Brzezinski, NBC News, 21 Apr. 2021
• Later in the day, the photo of the ex-wive's black eye surfaced.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2018
• Jan and the kids then watched as Gaye was carted off in the back of a squad car with a black eye.
  — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
• Still, the struggle left her with a broken hand and black eye.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 June 2024
• Baseball was left with a black eye and many fans are left in anger: Screw you.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2020
• These birds have black eyes, bills, and feet and their feathers can be white to beige.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2019
• Dalio said the book was a black eye for all journalists.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
• The result has been a black eye for the Wisconsin DNR and hunters alike.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 17 Mar. 2021
• The news came out, this is a big blunder, a black eye for the Vatican.
  — Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
• The older man had a black eye and a bloated face from the beating, Lantz said.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
• And Ramos had a black eye that looked to be several days old.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
• Mike Vellucci had a black eye and bloody nose to prove it.
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
• The puree is darker than chickpea hummus because of the black eyes in the peas.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2018
• Special teams also got a black eye as the Rams threw a first-down pass on a fake punt.
  — Tom Canavan, courant.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• The woman suffered two black eyes and a bruised and battered face.
  — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 11 May 2018
• Emma Stone had a black eye at her wedding thanks to a kitchen mishap.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2023
• The struggle left Humphries with a black eye and Hickey with a bloodied nose.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 21 Oct. 2020
• In the next scene, Heather has a black eye — and we’re clearly supposed to wonder who gave it to her.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022
• Porter said he was being smeared, that one ex-wife’s black eye came from a fall, not his fist.
  — Susanna Schrobsdorff, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
• Perhaps the concussion and black eye should have been a wake-up call to slow down.
  — Malia Griggs, SELF, 21 Jan. 2020
• During the new set, Reich, 25, flop-sweats across the stage in short shorts and black eye makeup.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• There's nothing like going to bed with a full black eye on and waking up the next day.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 25 Feb. 2022
• But the players, who were at the core of the cheating that has placed a black eye on the sport and the 2017 World Series team, have been unscathed.
  — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2020
• The woman, who now has two black eyes, said the attack began when one of the men in the group sucker punched her.
  — Fox News, 25 July 2019
• Then two sets of eyebrow tattoos are added before the black eye and lip makeup are applied.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
• Hopper appears to have two black eyes in the booking photo attached to his jail record in Shelby County.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024