How to Use eye roll in a Sentence
eye roll
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The thing is, we get drowned in bar tools, accessories, and (eye roll) whiskey stones.
—G. Clay Whittaker, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
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The caption of the photo is a series of eye roll emojis.
—Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
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She will be missed for her epic nerdmance eye rolls, if nothing else.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
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Her second jump of 20-1.5 was met with an eye roll and a look of confusion to her coaches.
—Nikstreng, oregonlive, 28 May 2023
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The audience, full of eye rolls, struggled to keep from laughing out loud.
—Scott Howard-Cooper., Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
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It’s best summed up, students say, as a collective eye roll and a quick jump into the Settings app.
—Monica Chin, The Verge, 9 Sep. 2023
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The interesting thing was when Ted got in the car, his eye roll turned into, ‘Oh, wait a minute, Mom might have something right here.
—Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 16 July 2023
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Many countries chose silence in public and eye rolls in private.
—Damien Cave, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
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In 2024, news about a celebrity beauty brand tends to be met with an audible sigh and an eye roll at Allure HQ.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 28 Feb. 2024
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Teachers still get the name wrong during the first week of classes, inducing an eye roll during roll call.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
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Putting yourself out there and talking about money can still be seen by much of the British aristocracy with an eye roll.
—Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 11 July 2023
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In today's age of technology, three-ring binders will likely be met with eye rolls.
—Jerry Dolinsky, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
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So much of her music sounds like the soundtrack to an early-two-thousands teen drama, each line delivered with an eye roll.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
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Deadpan wit and the ability to intimidate with a single eye roll?
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2023
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This year, Goldman found examples of heart eyes, eye rolls, devil faces, rats, kisses, and nuts mentioned in lawsuits.
—Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2023
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Several pet owners told me that a bit more grace would be nice, too: fewer eye rolls or snide comments, fewer jokes about dying alone.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2024
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Zendaya and her team let the world know that, and Zendaya herself responded to the tabloid report with the meme equivalent of an eye roll on her Instagram Story.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 13 June 2023
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Others conjure entire inner universes through a private smirk or silent eye roll — Raúl Esparza and Jermaine Fowler, as two of the guests, have a knack for popping from the background.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2023
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The comic patter is familiar but effective, much of it swirling around Peter’s efforts to charm his way past Gamora’s hostile eye rolls.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
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And while that will undoubtedly garner some eye rolls from some bloodthirsty fans, that is not to say boiling feuds and intense square-offs do not exist in their more than 600-strong fighter roster.
—Andrew McNicol, CNN, 5 May 2023
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But aren’t teens supposed to be communicating in single syllables, terse texts, eye rolls, and grunts, if at all? Mothers and their tween and teen daughters aren’t supposed to see eye-to-eye on many things.
—Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
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The third time around, Megan Rapinoe’s reaction to a potentially career-ending knee injury went no further than an eye roll.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 July 2023
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Nearby, a man and woman shouted at each other on the sidewalk, prompting a barely perceptible eye roll from a merchant stocking produce into bins.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2023
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The second part of that declaration may draw eye rolls or angry objections in Washington and allied capitals.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2021
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As expected, the trend has garnered a few eye rolls from older generations who think Gen Zers are woefully ill-prepared for corporate America and, quite frankly, languorous.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
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Duff, unamused, is seen hilariously reacting to Koma’s cheeky comment with an epic eye roll.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
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Small acts of kindness can be meaningful, like remembering that someone always has to leave at a specific time for daycare pickup and not tolerating grumbles or eye rolls.
—Anna Oakes, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2023
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The performers routinely break the fourth wall: There are knowing looks, self-referential bits, eye rolls and quizzical expressions directed at audience members.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
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The extreme vernacular often flies under the radar, drawing eye rolls from those outside this alternate universe and receiving little media attention.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
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Everything about her seemed hyperbolically over-the-top: her Bardot ponytail, her mini-Mariah pipes, her mascara-dripping eye rolls, her perpetually bored scowl of teen contempt.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
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