How to Use eyebrow in a Sentence

eyebrow

noun
Definition of eyebrownext
  • Sure, his early career arc might have raised an eyebrow.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
  • His mother ran to his side and tried to stop the blood coming from his head above his left eyebrow.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Some skeptical Cardinals fans might raise an eyebrow at that.
    — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Both teams kept pace early with the game tied 5-5 until Jackson’s eyebrow-raising dunk.
    — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Gone are the days when plane passengers raise an eyebrow at the seatmate who promptly wipes down surfaces and armrests with hand sanitizer.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Tony raises an eyebrow, but joins Maria fluidly without questioning the strangeness of it all.
    — New York Times, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The lack of travel to Commonwealth realms following his accession had raised eyebrows.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Between the lines: Several of the events and interviews Trump has appeared at in recent weeks have raised eyebrows.
    — Ivana Saric, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
  • These sorts of numbers barely raise an eyebrow these days; none of the incidents generated major press coverage.
    — Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 Jan. 2022
  • While ramping up his efforts to help re-elect Trump, Elon Musk is raising eyebrows across the political world.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
  • If Whitney was of the Jazz Age, her relationship with Robyn would have barely raised an eyebrow.
    — Gerrick Kennedy, Variety, 27 Jan. 2022
  • In the first photo, Theroux looked at the camera, wearing a suit and raising one eyebrow as his dog, Kuma, sat beside him in the background.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • With his guitar held high and against his chest, his eyebrows cocked in that way that could be quizzical or menacing depending upon the setting, Matthews unleashed his quirky vocals.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
  • At least four shots were fired into the air, while another hit Kristopher Carraman on his forehead, above the left eyebrow, and exited through the back of his head.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Which took what previously had been merely an eyebrow-raising blurring of journalistic lines on Cuomo’s part, and added two compounding factors.
    — Andy Meek, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The lawsuits made headlines because of the eyebrow-raising prospect of a service dispute between a mountaineering guide and a wealthy client in one of the most exclusive and dangerous locations on earth.
    — Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The dancers in the video also have bats drawn over their eyebrows.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
  • Some of its stats are sure to raise an eyebrow, though.
    — Andrew Williams, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The team’s plan to build on such a small plot has raised plenty of eyebrows.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
  • And raised his eyebrows in a this-is-the-truth expression.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Among them: the top of your head, the spot between your eyebrows, the middle of the cheekbones, and the spot between the nose and the lip.
    — Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 May 2024
  • The woman with the black eyebrows is ten feet away and looking at him.
    — Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
  • Lady ate a fry and raised her eyebrows, added some to her tea.
    — Hazlitt, 14 June 2023
  • Here, a chile like a cocked eyebrow; there, a split coconut with its flesh so close to cream.
    — Ligaya Mishan Melody Melamed, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The rest of her face, save for her eyebrows, seems mostly free of makeup.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 30 Aug. 2023
  • It’s helped grow the bare spots in my eyebrows and lengthened my lashes.
    — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Her makeup featured a rosy look with a hint of a smokey eye, bold eyebrows and a soft lip.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Adjust the straps so the helmet sits level, and the brow of the helmet sits about a finger-width above the eyebrows.
    — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Both of their eyebrows were arched– signaling a high brow is in for the season.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Even in a place that’s used to the way billionaires behave, it’s raised some eyebrows.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024

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