Below you will find example sentences with "eye contact". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Eye Contact in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: contact
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 16
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.2 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "eye contact" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 24.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as contact and eye contact, a healthy eye contact in a, skin, people and workplace stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with contact tracing, see eye, blind eye, contact tracing, contact information and close contact, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with eye contact
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Zero communication, no eye contact, nor actual physical contact. (9 words)
People can be exposed to phosphorus in the workplace by inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, and eye contact. (17 words)
Capsaicin takes effect upon skin contact (irritant, sensitizer), eye contact (irritant), ingestion, and inhalation (lung irritant, lung sensitizer). (18 words)
Although she spent most of her time on the stand on Thursday making direct eye contact either with her attorney or the jury box, when she mentioned her son’s shooting, she looked down, avoiding eye contact with anyone. (39 words)
Graf, G. G. (2000) "Tin, Tin Alloys, and Tin Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005 Wiley-VCH, Weinheim Exposure to tin in the workplace may occur by inhalation, skin contact, and eye contact. (36 words)
Avoiding eye contact is another signal: lots of people find it hard to make eye contact with someone they’re crushing on because they worry their eyes will give away how they’re feeling. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
She randomly selected 282 people and then performed one of three gestures: She looked right through them without making eye contact, made eye contact, or made eye contact and smiled.
Although she spent most of her time on the stand on Thursday making direct eye contact either with her attorney or the jury box, when she mentioned her son’s shooting, she looked down, avoiding eye contact with anyone.
Avoiding eye contact is another signal: lots of people find it hard to make eye contact with someone they’re crushing on because they worry their eyes will give away how they’re feeling.
Good eye contact is especially important in “panel” interviews with several attorneys interviewing a single candidate; in such settings, the candidate should work to make periodic eye contact with everyone.
Do not mistake staring for eye contact – a healthy eye contact in a professional environment is about 60 per cent.
He squealed, flapped around, wouldn’t make eye contact, possessed a far-off look in his eye, and drooled excessively.
This minimizes the chance of skin or eye contact with the pesticide and helps prevent contamination of clothing or skin that your pets might later come into contact with.
Zero communication, no eye contact, nor actual physical contact.
Capsaicin takes effect upon skin contact (irritant, sensitizer), eye contact (irritant), ingestion, and inhalation (lung irritant, lung sensitizer).
Graf, G. G. (2000) "Tin, Tin Alloys, and Tin Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005 Wiley-VCH, Weinheim Exposure to tin in the workplace may occur by inhalation, skin contact, and eye contact.
Occupational safety and health People can be exposed to silver in the workplace by inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, and eye contact.
Occupational safety People can be exposed to graphite in the workplace by breathing it in, skin contact, and eye contact.
Occupational safety People can be exposed to gypsum in the workplace by breathing it in, skin contact, and eye contact.
Old paint should not be stripped by sanding, as this produces inhalable dust. citation People can be exposed to lead in the workplace by breathing it in, swallowing it, skin contact, and eye contact.
People can be exposed to coal tar pitch volatiles in the workplace by breathing them in, skin contact, or eye contact.
People can be exposed to gasoline in the workplace by swallowing it, breathing in vapors, skin contact, and eye contact.
People can be exposed to phosphorus in the workplace by inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, and eye contact.
And that is why she avoided a handshake—avoided eye contact, even—after losing to Sabalenka 6-3, 6-2 on Day 1 at Roland Garros.
And whether on Oprah or on a palace balcony, their eye contact is invariably intense and locked on, like radar gunsights.
But in the digital age the crowd became a sea of mobiles and she missed the eye contact.