How to Use eye-opener in a Sentence
eye-opener
noun
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And Thompson-Robinson might be in for an eye-opener facing Aaron Donald for the first time.
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Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Nov. 2023
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Oil change For anyone who trusts an employer with their 401(k), here’s an eye-opener.
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Nick Rockel,
Fortune,
24 May 2024
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That very first meeting was just an eye-opener for me in terms of the colonization of the Inuit in Greenland, how it was done and the systemic tools that were used.
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Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2023
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That song was written to be an eye-opener, so maybe some of your kids or grandkids will feel guilty and go see about grandma or go see about grandpa.
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Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
26 Oct. 2023
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Such a change is a jarring, physical eye-opener, and also a crisis of conscience.
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2024
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Its inclusion in this show will no doubt be an eye-opener for Smithsonian viewers and, for some of them, a soothing balm.
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Kriston Capps,
Washington Post,
11 Sep. 2023
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The developments this week will have been an eye-opener for William, with the future surely occupying some of his thoughts.
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Lauren Said-Moorhouse,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2024
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Cue the Salma — a nice balance of mezcal, fig puree, egg white and black lemon — and Arak in a Hard Place, a vivid orange eye-opener that refreshes with elderflower liqueur and sparkling wine.
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Tom Sietsema,
Washington Post,
21 July 2023
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The findings are quite the eye-opener: one in 10 Amazon customers have been offered incentives like gift cards, refunds and even free products, all in a bid to rack up those golden stars next to products.
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Kurt Knutsson,
Fox News,
16 Oct. 2023
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For Stocking, who has been a professional creator for 10 years but has been active on Snap for fewer than eight months, the revenue sharing program has been an eye-opener.
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Alexandra Sternlicht,
Fortune,
16 Mar. 2023
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This collection of erudite essays is a rich, revealing eye-opener.
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Allen Pierleoni -,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2024
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Much of this is covered in Martin’s memoir Born Standing Up, yet the chance to see his recollections buffered by the real thing is a treasure trove for aficionados and an eye-opener for those who just know the gray-haired actor as an éminence grise.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2024
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Her offhand mention of their marital infidelities — William’s being more involved than hers — is an eye-opener.
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Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2023
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The biggest eye-opener, however, was legislation to allow striking workers to collect state unemployment insurance after two weeks.
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George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Sep. 2023
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