eye-opening
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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It's an eye-opening and harrowing story that lays bare what fame demands of you, and how Morvan struggled to rebuild his life after becoming one of music's biggest punchlines.
From BBC
But based on eye-opening university documents, the court on Dec. 5 rejected the school’s argument and ordered CMU to produce many of the documents Ms. Canaan requested.
The duo cut their teeth while still at school, which provided eye-opening experiences for the pair.
From BBC
One literally eye-opening scene features a corpse’s eyelids being sewn to stay up so that she can be made up, propped up, and seated in a family photograph with her siblings and parents.
To call the experience of seeing it vertiginous, dizzying, eye-opening and a bit frustrating would be an understatement.
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