almond-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of almond-eyed
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Compared to those, gray, almond-eyed aliens in flying saucers, hellbent on destroying humanity, feel like a throwback to simpler times.
From New York Times
Etched into one wall was a 13-foot-long procession of almond-eyed deities, led by Hadad, a storm god who was identified by his three-pronged lightning rod and headdress with a five-point star.
From New York Times
“What an insult to American intelligence to ask leave of China to keep out her people, because this little handful of almond-eyed Asiatics threaten to destroy our boasted civilization,” he said.
From The New Yorker
“Milk’s so expensive here,” one of the mothers, an almond-eyed woman, said.
From The New Yorker
York’s was also the place where, in 1987, Mr. Wegman made his first photograph of his second Weimaraner, the slinky, almond-eyed Fay Ray, by a brook in a Wonder Woman mask.
From New York Times
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