Example sentences for: eyelid

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

  • Gaelic rosc (alternating with rasg ) means eyelid and eyelash, as well as eye.

  • Bauby, who was almost completely paralyzed by a stroke, dictated the book letter by letter, blinking his left eyelid as someone read through the alphabet over and over.

  • In Welsh, there is, in addition to the primary word for eyelid ( amrant ), a secondary expression clawr llygad , literally, eye cover, = eyelid.

  • Neuro-ophthalmological examination was normal except for 1 mm of left upper eyelid ptosis (drooping of the eyelid), miosis (constriction of the pupil), and mild enophthalmos (recession of the eyeball into the orbit) consistent with classic left-sided Horner syndrome (Figure 1).

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


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