How to Use by sight in a Sentence

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• To the Word that teaches me to walk by faith, and not by sight.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2020
• My mom could decode all the plaques in elevators—not by touch, but by sight.
  — Lisa Solomon, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2021
• But each limb might have a specific role during a bout of hunting by sight, the study suggests.
  — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2022
• So de Margerie thought up a way to track animals purely by sight.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2015
• Malleson himself is unknown by name in this country, though most movie buffs know him by sight.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
• Some of my steering is done by sight, but some of it is also done by feel through the pressure and resistance within my hands.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, SELF, 2 Feb. 2022
• The moment Kendall hears the Hudson, everyone understands – first by ear, then by sight – that this story is over.
  — Delia Casadei, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
• Kansas City and Baltimore are the two top teams by analytics — and pretty much by sight.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• Something like caramel in a dark-colored pan can be trickier to judge by sight, as well, but in that case, an instant-read thermometer can be your friend.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
• All the information collected by sight is transmitted to the brain through a thick cable of fibers at the back of the eye called the optic nerve, the doctor explained, and the nerve in her left eye was hugely swollen.
  — New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• Earlier visits to penguin crèches had told them that the young birds navigate partly by sight, but that most of them could still find their way in the dark—so some other talent was at work too.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2013
• Patrol officers plan to enforce the rule by watching vehicles and gauging passing distances and speeds by sight, which they are trained to do at the CHP Academy.
  — Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2014
• For his constituents, 1619 is not just a number but a historical fact with an address, verifiable by sight.
  — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
• Unsettled, Thompson shifted to words that most 8-year-old children can recognize, if only by sight.
  — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 3 July 2021
• By contrast, the Mashpi cloud forest can’t be appreciated by sight alone, especially because of the thick fog that envelops the area.
  — Siobhan Reid, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Apr. 2022
• However, gauging by sight alone has its risks, as undercooked bacon may lead to foodborne illness.
  — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• There was a time, too, when art directors and commercial illustrators were major figures, their studios and styles known by sight.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• Pilots can also fly by sight rather than relying on instruments.
  — Sheikh Saaliq, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
• The Rittenhouse jury was known, by sight, only to those who physically attended the trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2021
• Peterson says spotting a hybrid junglefowl by sight is not always easy.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• However, when the human cone opsin was given to blind mice, the animals regained enough vision to explore their environment by sight.
  — Caroline Seydel, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• Being a relatively small community also probably helps—harder to get up to no good if the entire town knows you by sight.
  — Kyle Orland & Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2023
• An experienced birder can identify each 5-inch warbler by sight and sound.
  — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 20 May 2021
• Security at the property is tight, and those working at the guardhouse reportedly know each member by sight.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2021
• The scientists easily recognize a few hundred dolphin fins by sight.
  — Christina Larson, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2022
• Mike Shaw said Friday morning that detectives weren't immediately able to identify the men by sight alone due to weather conditions and the conditions of the bodies.
  — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 4 Feb. 2023
• The system had apparently recognized my pastries by sight.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2021
• Another shelter resident, who gave his name only as Anthony, 50, knew Mr. Brevard by sight.
  — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022
• Bees and butterflies rely primarily on their sense of smell to locate patches of flowers before homing in on individual plants by sight.
  — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
• Identifying trees by sight from kilometres away is impressive enough, but Asner's sensors far outstrip their creator.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2012

Last Updated: 24 Sep 2024