Example Sentences

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In 1996, "Scream" and its bull's-eyed heroine Sidney Prescott sold nearly 25 million tickets in the U.S. thanks to a fresh and clever take on the horror genre.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2015

There are profits to be made from subscriber fees and also from demographically bull’s-eyed advertising.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2013

He looked about the room, bull's-eyed on my face against the window, then lunged in my direction.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Some few, he said, hit the walls or at the bases of the walls, but all the others, he claimed, had bull's-eyed into the fort itself.

From Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

And presently before a broad-faced and gambrel-roofed house, the driver stopped his horses, and now only the front door with its bull's-eyed top-lights and shining knocker stood between Nan and her aunt.

From A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches by Jewett, Sarah Orne