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Examples of eye socket in a Sentence
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But further cleaning revealed that the size and shape of the eye socket resembled that of South Asian river dolphins, which have much smaller eyes than their South American cousins.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Swedish goggles are a specific type of goggles designed to fit snugly inside the eye socket.
—Marisa Petrarca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
The slug pulverized her face, destroyed her cheek and jaw, blew away her eye socket and most of her teeth, damaged her optic nerve, wrecked both eyes and left a gaping hole in her cheek.
—USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
The malar area is located below the eye socket bone, and malar edema will present as puffy pouches that sit a little closer to the cheek than directly under the eyes.
—Taryn Brooke, Allure, 1 Feb. 2024
As the police officer’s bodycam gets closer to the bed, his flashlight reveals that the corpse’s face is not only severely gaunt, but also distinctly blue with glitter around the eye sockets.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
But smudged on the eye sockets was a glittery powder.
—Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
This eye sleeping mask has 3D eye sockets and is made of memory foam for ultimate comfort.
—Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024
The actor has since returned to walking after his rib cage was rebuilt with metal, with metal plates in his face to support his eye socket, along with titanium rods in one of his legs.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1661, in the meaning defined above
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“Eye socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20socket. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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eye socket
nounMedical Definition
eye socket
noun
: orbit
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