in one's eyes
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In tropical forests, it is common to discover leeches unexpectedly high up on one’s body, on the arms, neck, shoulder, or even in one’s eyes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Besides, what could she know of the exquisite enjoyment of floating on a summer sea with the summer sun in one's eyes and wave after gentle wave rocking one to drowsy content?
From The Rocks of Valpre by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
The last stanza smells somewhat of the country tombstone; but to read the whole and to realize the deep, manly sentiment which it implies, without tears in one's eyes is to me at least impossible.
From Samuel Johnson by Sir Leslie Stephen
He is more important in one's eyes, and therefore from this point of view the event seems to be of greater magnitude than the mere police-court business that it was.
From The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) by Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton
She did not know nor care just now what an adverb was, and it is very hard to study with a great lump in one's throat, and tears in one's eyes.
From Ruby at School by Minnie E. Paull
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