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
The dust was getting most disagreeable in one's eyes and throat, and covering everything.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
Don’t you think there are times when one’s thoughts find expression in one’s eyes?
From The Coming of the Law by Seltzer, Charles Alden
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 Brampton, Henry Hawkins, Baron
If there is a window at one's feet, one can lie in bed without the glare in one's eyes, and yet without darkening the room by drawing the blinds.
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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