How to Use side-eye in a Sentence
side-eye
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Don't forget that classic side-eye glancing up and to the left.
—Janaya Wecker, ELLE, 23 Feb. 2023
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Bass follows suit, posing with his head turned to the tree and giving the camera a small side-eye.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
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The Grammy winner responded to Koy’s joke with some side-eye and a sip of champagne.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
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Fat Ham revels in suggestion, side-eyes, winks and asides.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
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Spivey is a delight as her sidekick with a masterful side-eye, a drama queen who lives to spill the tea.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2024
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Bass holds his son with one arm, lifting him as Alexander turns his head to deliver a brooding side-eye look.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
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Not just when Juicy soliloquizes across the proscenium or Tedra casts us some side-eye.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
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The change comes at a time when an increasing number of Americans are giving philanthropy the side-eye.
—Alex Daniels Of The Chronicle Of Philanthropy, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2023
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Days before, Charli teased a very similar-sounding track with the same side-eye and skyline emoji.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2023
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People side-eye each other, rush in or out of rooms, drape themselves in doorways and utter cryptic insults.
—Joan Frank, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
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With only three episodes of the new season available, there are so many fan theories about who the murderer is, and tbh, there's more than enough reason to side-eye each suspect.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 12 June 2023
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Carla, who is of Polish descent and looked upon with some side-eye by a few of her fellow teachers, is sensitive to such assumptions.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
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The gorilla — known for his human expressions and expert side-eye — first came to Fort Worth in 1992 and has delighted generations since.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
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My 16-year-old wasn't saying it out loud, but her side-eye communicated her displeasure clearly.
—Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2024
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So those seated, reserved tastings may stay, with customers seeking a reflective hour of vinous pleasure casting side-eye at the raucous superspreader crowd at the bar.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
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And influencers who visited a fast-fashion retailer’s facilities in China get the side-eye.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 June 2023
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But every time the audience gave an unexpected reaction — either too much or too little — Ms. Pat responded with a cosmic level of side-eye.
—Vulture, 17 Mar. 2023
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The patriarchal artists, all mustachioed, are staring us down — except for Chavez, who gives a side-eye to Garabedian, cigarette in hand and middle finger casually extended, resting on the table.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
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But after a few general meetings with non-Latino industry suits, who paired their sparse feedback with curious side-eyes, one prospective collaborator finally professed that my story was just too complex for gringos.
—Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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