black eye

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Recent Examples of black eye Related Articles Pink’s glam harkened back to her pop rock roots, with heavy black eye shadow and bold brows. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025 The school notified Phoenix police about concerns regarding Rebekah's welfare earlier this year after a school resource officer visiting her home saw the girl with a black eye and reached out to DCS, Holman said. Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Rebecca Haro had a black eye during the on-camera interview. Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025 The bit revolved around a woman with a black eye who took his order in a Baltimore restaurant. Shania Russell, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for black eye
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black eye
Noun
  • Concern was etched in her voice and guilt rang through me.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Parents can enjoy guilt free screen time , which is actually educational.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kunin returns after being a healthy scratch for the game against the Golden Knights.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Save as a collection on MyRecipes Made-from-scratch recipes are always great for sharing at the Church potluck, welcoming a new baby, or greeting new neighbors to the block.
    Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Messaging must make distinctions, but also avoid getting lost in parenthetic abstractions or potentially easier-to-discredit targets.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Extreme unfairness erodes trust, discredits markets, and invites rebellion.
    Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • In terms of the types of injuries sustained, 35% were periocular lacerations (cuts near the eye), 16% were corneal abrasions, iritis (inflammation of the iris, the colored part of the eye) accounted for 8%, and contusions/bruises 5%.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
  • An autopsy conducted on Campbell revealed significant amount of bruising and abrasions to the boy's head, face, torso, back and extremities.
    Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Palhinha’s goal at least saved them from the ignominy of that.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • By their lofty standards, Madrid endured a dismal European campaign last term, suffering the ignominy of having to go through the play-offs to qualify for the Round of 16 before being trounced 5-1 on aggregate by Arsenal in the quarter-finals.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Possible bumps in the road Defense will top the agenda.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • New York came in third, with an average increase of $20,179 since 2024, pushing Connecticut to fourth place, with a $16,148 bump.
    Alix Langone, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That means that veterans from today have fought in vain to defend the Constitution, which is now being soiled by corruption and dishonor.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That’s saying something considering how many contenders there are for that dishonor.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • All told, DeRose-Broeckert collected data from 109 fresh rubs and 37 fresh scrapes.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Blood on Mateer’s pants didn’t make this look like a normal scrape.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20eye. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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