eye-opening
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Perhaps their eye-opening experience can accelerate the transformation of rights into realities.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
"A dewy-eyed nostalgia trip for one generation, and a pin-sharp eye-opening exploration for the next."
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Here’s an eye-opening chart during a year in which growth stocks in the information technology sector have performed so well and dominated financial-media coverage:
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
“She has told me eye-opening ideas that actually stayed with me forever, ” Honda recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Even in the brief instant between the awakening and the eye-opening, I sensed what was about.
From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman
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