Example sentences for: eyebrow

How can you use “eyebrow” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Breton for eyebrow, abrant , seems akin to Welsh amrant eyelid, while Cornish abrans eyebrow is patently closer to Breton (as is often the case).

  • We are asked to believe not only that President Clinton (shanghaied by the filmmakers into a notorious cameo) could inspire the nation to spend trillions of dollars on this machine without even a raised eyebrow from George Will, but also that a cross-eyed, homicidal doomsday prophet would be hired to put the finishing touches on it; and that after he sabotages the whole project in the name of Jesus, it would be rebuilt at a secret location on the island of Hokkaido by a zillionaire eccentric who floats around in orbit aboard his own custom-made Mir.

  • Watch Cagney while someone else is speaking and you'll see a darting eye, a quivering eyebrow, a split-second grin.

  • Latin had terms for eyebrow and eyelid that were the sources of the French ones (Lat supercilium and palebra ), but eyelash evidently caused trouble.

  • To complicate matters, they also used the plural of eyebrow ( supercilia ) to mean eyelashes.


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