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Meanings of eyelids in English
Usage of eyelids in English
1
I thought I felt some kind of pressure building behind my eyelids.
2
She was claiming him in the drooping eyelids, in the nodding head.
3
Sleep would rest upon the eyelids of Sunni-ji in the south balcony.
4
A moment later, she gasped for air as her eyelids blinked open.
5
He was near; and quietly the eyelids of mademoiselle lifted on him.
6
She lay in the midst of the afternoon silence, her eyelids closed.
7
His eyelids fluttered; he was apparently shaking off the heaviness of slumber.
8
I rolled onto my side, limp, eyelids heavy, barely able to breathe.
9
She rose, not ungracefully; her eyelids drooped in their old shy manner.
10
He dropped his eyelids in assent, and went off in a doze.
11
For a moment the only answer was a wild fluttering of eyelids.
12
He spun it a second time, a third, and his eyelids drooped.
13
As my eyelids flew open, I was able to identify two shapes.
14
What he gained showed only in a quick flutter of the eyelids.
15
He also partly opened the eyelids: the eye-balls were firm and bright.
16
The diplomat pondered the proposition-againwith a lengthened perturbation of the eyelids.
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Eyelids through the time
Eyelids across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common