Used in a Sentence

eyed

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for eyed.

Editorial note

They aren't up to the whim of some bright-eyed CTO, but the watchful eye of umpteen nations of regulators.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having eyes.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of eyed gathered in one view.

adjective

Having eyes.

adjective

Having eye-like spots.

adjective

(in compounds) Having the specified kind or number of eyes.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for eyed.

Example sentences

1

They aren't up to the whim of some bright-eyed CTO, but the watchful eye of umpteen nations of regulators.

2

Y gets a few googly eyed people who don't do their homework to buy in, by selling stock owned by X.

3

I was saddened when I learned my vision has started to decline from my eagle eyed 20/10 post surgery.

4

You'd think he would still be a starry eyed idealist, but he's not...

5

And I know I'm not alone, I just suck at expressing it without coming across wide-eyed.

6

If anything, as someone who is an aerospace engineer by education, I'm always surprised by the wild eyed optimism around here.

7

I grew up starry eyed, thinking that our minds have virtually limitless capabilities and that mathematics could answer everything (naive, I know).

8

Even with all of our gigahertz and gigabytes, we misty-eyed nostalgics know that it could have been so much better, more elegant.

9

I've eyed Rails a bit and it's something I'm going to look more into.

10

No, it's not a science, but automatically ignoring the value of an equity package is just as emotional a decision as a starry-eyed assumption of startup glamor.

11

Your list reads like a wide-eyed econ grad.

12

Maybe that's dreamy-eyed nonsense, but I think when you talk about aims you have to let ideals in, not just stick to what is practical tomorrow.

Quote examples

1

>“It turns out that the one-eyed view of the world is deceptive,” says McKee.

2

The tired trope that scientific funding is primarily funnelled to wide-eyed loners who produce nothing but "useless" abstract ideas is demonstrably inaccurate.

3

Article: "post-therapy, post-Romantic, self-help-soaked culture Wallace described and intermittently deplored, the Romantic picture of the depressive as a kind of keen-eyed saint" This is just a bullshit statement.

4

Oddly enough he becomes more politically correct, especially regarding racism and colonialism, almost a 180 degree turn; "Compte a Rebours en Rhodesie" is profoundly anti-Rhodesian and anti-apartheid and has the aristocratic, blond-haired, "golden-eyed" S.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use eyed in a sentence?

They aren't up to the whim of some bright-eyed CTO, but the watchful eye of umpteen nations of regulators.

What does eyed mean?

Having eyes.

What part of speech is eyed?

eyed is commonly used as adjective.