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Eying is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Eying meaning

present participle and gerund of eye

Using Eying

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of eye
  • In the example corpus, eying often appears in combinations such as: is eying, eying the, are eying.

Context around Eying

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Eying

  • In this selection, "eying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, now, someone, large, opponents, leyte and filipino stand out and add context to how "eying" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include also been eying the px4 and and are eying to complete. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "eying" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with eying

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

The company is eying boomers. (5 words)

Traders will be eying the 0.8938-50 area resistance now. (11 words)

Many of these companies are eying the public markets and planning their IPOs. (13 words)

The Rohit Sharma-led side, on the other hand, have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand and are eying to complete a 3-0 whitewash to become the No.1 ranked ODI team. (42 words)

Production on the film was originally set to begin in May, but is now eying production in Marseille and Corsica, as well as Serbia’s Vladimir Vulevic, Portugal’s Mauro Soares, Germany’s Steffen Danek and Ingo Martens. (38 words)

Now, speculation points to Mila Kunis potentially being someone Marvel is eying to play Sue Storm aka the Invisible Woman, sister to Johnny Storm's Human Torch and eventual wife of Reed Richards' Mister Fantastic. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Apart from eying opponents’ practice squads, signing a kicker and potentially fielding calls at the trade deadline, Snead proclaimed that the Rams were, foreseeably, done making moves until next offseason.

Now, speculation points to Mila Kunis potentially being someone Marvel is eying to play Sue Storm aka the Invisible Woman, sister to Johnny Storm's Human Torch and eventual wife of Reed Richards' Mister Fantastic.

Shyama Charan Shukla, the son of the first Chief Minister, was eying the chair, and many SVD MLAs who had left the Congress with Govind Narain Singh, were looking to return.

There is "interest building" for the winger, and Villa are said to be one of the clubs who are eying a potential summer move.

The Rohit Sharma-led side, on the other hand, have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand and are eying to complete a 3-0 whitewash to become the No.1 ranked ODI team.

At that time, Remedios Petilla, the matriarch of the Petilla political clan, and Romualdez were both eying Leyte’s first congressional district.

The EU is eying Filipino raw materials such as nickel, copper and chromite that it needs for its green transition and for which it is currently heavily reliant on China.

This is hardly the track record one would expect of someone eying the GOP presidential ticket.

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Though the Saints and Raiders are eying Sullivan as a possible offensive coordinator, he has mostly spent his career as a QBs coach.

Traders will be eying the 0.8938-50 area resistance now.

Currently, World’s leaders are eying on a covid-19 vaccine trials and everyone is hoping that it should be available in a reasonable time.

If you’re looking to upgrade, now’s the time to make moves if you’ve been eying a pair of classic adidas kicks.

Now that Walmart is eying a launch before July ends, a rumor that has caused its stocks to rise for the day.

Production on the film was originally set to begin in May, but is now eying production in Marseille and Corsica, as well as Serbia’s Vladimir Vulevic, Portugal’s Mauro Soares, Germany’s Steffen Danek and Ingo Martens.

The perpetrator(s) is/are at large, eying their next innocent victim while Abdoulaye’s family continues to deeply mourn and grieve without answers or closure.

After the tourists were rolled for 240 on Thursday's opening day, Warner went to the tea break eying his first century in 20 innings on 99 not out.

If I get another double-action pistol (I’ve also been eying the PX4 Storm Compact and a couple of CZs) it’s going to have a decocker.

Many of these companies are eying the public markets and planning their IPOs.

The company is eying boomers.

A favourable ecosystem is what the country needs to continue to focus on in order to attract the interest of key global investors which are now eying Pakistan as a potential market for investments.

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Common combinations with eying

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "eying" in a sentence?
An example: "Apart from eying opponents’ practice squads, signing a kicker and potentially fielding calls at the trade deadline, Snead proclaimed that the Rams were, foreseeably, done making moves until next offseason." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "eying" from authentic English texts.
What does "eying" mean?
Eying means: present participle and gerund of eye
How many example sentences with "eying" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "eying", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.