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Example sentences for "eyeing"

Lexicographically close words:
eyebrows; eyed; eyeglass; eyeglasses; eyeholes; eyelash; eyelashes; eyeless; eyelet; eyelets
  1. You'd make a splendid soldier, Tim"--eyeing his long length affectionately.

  2. Then he turned to the child, who was standing a little distance away from him, eyeing him distrustfully.

  3. Then, still curiously eyeing Hester, he came back, followed by his dog, to the place where she stood, listlessly watching.

  4. He tossed it into my lap, eyeing it and me curiously.

  5. Two women, covertly eyeing each other with suspicion, stood in the hallway when I opened the door.

  6. Eve de Montalais was eyeing him with an indulgent and amused glance.

  7. He has no faith at all in our good intentions," Phinuit explained, eyeing Lanyard with mild reproach.

  8. Several times during the course of luncheon he caught the fellow eyeing him strangely, he thought, from a window of the auberge.

  9. I know of but one way," Mrs. Busby went on, eyeing him now intently.

  10. He rose, brushed his clothes sheepishly, and looked through the hedge at the calf which had turned and stood eyeing him now with an expression of injured innocence.

  11. I wish you'd look at that beast eyeing me through the fence!

  12. Still eyeing the gold-piece, the landlord answered: "No.

  13. Now it is your turn to give a toast," said the vice-jailer, slily eyeing his victim.

  14. Pedler, eyeing me more narrowly; "you are, are ye?

  15. If I was startled at this sudden encounter he was no less so, and thus we stood eyeing each other as well as we might in the half light.

  16. And so we stood, for a long minute, immobile and silent, eyeing each other above the bread and cheese.

  17. And supposing," said the Tinker, eyeing the piece of bacon thoughtfully, "supposing nobody ever reads it?

  18. Outside, a little group of men were sitting on the pavement eyeing Lizzie propped up against the kerb.

  19. No thanks, nothing wrong," he replied, eyeing Lizzie and me curiously up and down.

  20. He walked up and down the veranda far into the afternoon, eyeing the bungalow at every turn.

  21. It was not difficult," continued Ricardo, after eyeing Schomberg fixedly for a moment.

  22. He noticed her eyeing the book, and got up to put it back in the bookcase.

  23. Alix said, after a first quick tour of inspection, eyeing a great weather streak on the raw plaster of the dining-room wall.

  24. Alix said, eyeing the white hands so busy with blue china, and the bright head dappled with shade and sunshine coming through the green rose vine.

  25. Jabez Potter, eyeing her with his usual frown, "I didn't bring any canes; because why?

  26. I don't know about that," he said, again, eyeing her suspiciously.

  27. The strange old man puckered up his lips into a whistle, and shook his head, eyeing her all the time so slily that Ruth was more and more thankful that he had not proven to be Uncle Jabez.

  28. Scorching each other, O king, with their arrowy showers, they put forth their prowess upon each other, eyeing each other in great wrath.

  29. Having said these words unto Bhima and dismissing him with an embrace that illustrious warrior eyed thy troops, like a tiger eyeing a herd of deer.

  30. The mighty son of Arjuna, however, eyeing Jayadratha, whirled his sword and shield, and uttered a loud shout.

  31. Without more ado the squad scattered and began the ascent, each man eyeing the ground eagerly.

  32. Then he rushed to the door and shouted to some natives who were standing near by eyeing the crude building inquisitively by the light of a single torch.

  33. They began to chatter and chant softly, all the time eyeing Hugh and his companion with reverence.

  34. Wade," observed The Phantom, eyeing the fat man with disapproval, "you are getting soft.

  35. Rachel, eyeing him furtively, with a little rustic courtesy, "is glad to see any of her husband's old friends.

  36. Ess," nodded Jamie, thrilling with wonderment, and eyeing him critically.

  37. He stood for a moment eyeing the lurid face of Toby.

  38. The girl slid off the table and stood eyeing him, her woman's humor tickled to the limit.

  39. I sure ain't much of a feller for strength," he said modestly, eyeing his enormous arms and hands affectionately.

  40. The man was eyeing the yellow-headed figure with no very friendly eyes, but this fact was lost upon Scipio, who saw in him only a fellow man in misfortune.

  41. Finally the little man paused beside the heap, holding in his hand the box of water-softener, which he was eyeing somewhat doubtfully.

  42. When the first twig of the nest is laid,” remarked Marufa, indolently eyeing the tusk, “it is difficult to entice the hen to another tree.

  43. Bindle, eyeing the man as if he had asked a most unusual question.

  44. You're enough to try the patience of a saint," she cried, still eyeing the bottles of beer.

  45. Come, that's a good big Bible at all events," cried Potts, eyeing it with satisfaction.

  46. Next came Mistress Nutter, Roger Nowell and Potts walking after her, eyeing her maliciously, as her proud figure swept on before them.

  47. I am glad to hear it," replied Potts, moving the cushions on his chair and eyeing the square-built bottle affectionately.

  48. A poor weapon with which to kill Jikiza the Unconquerable," said Galazi, eyeing it askance.

  49. Thus he spoke, eyeing them as he did so, and taking snuff from the blade of his little assegai, and though his words were gentle they shook with fear, for when Chaka spoke thus gently he meant death to many.


  50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eyeing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.