Example sentences for: eyelids

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

  • I once thought that most languages would have separate words to identify and denote eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes, features about as easily and objectively observed as ears or lips.

  • It also distinguishes upper eyelids ( \?\ æltŭÿphal ) and lower eyelids ( dæltiŭÿphal ).

  • Results to run tomorrow if my eyelids don't become frost-encrusted as I bundle up against blustery Arctic winds and walk in front of a bus stalled by frigid air, then stagger to the pavement, trip over a frozen dog, and break my spine.

  • Advanced wasting leads to loss of the retro-orbital fat pad, and the orbit falls posteriorly within the orbital socket [ 99 ] . As eyelids are of insufficient length to both extend the additional distance backward and cover the conjunctiva, they may not be able to fully appose.

  • We might well inquire whether a language lacking a certain distinction (like that between eyelids and eyelashes) also lacks other distinctions (and shares the lacks with other languages).


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