eye contact
nounDefinition of eye contact
: visual contact with another person's eyes
Examples of eye contact in a Sentence
He maintained eye contact with me throughout the conversation.
The speaker made eye contact with audience members.
See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Security footage revealed a man -- with his head down, wearing gloves and avoiding eye contact on the security camera -- enter the store overnight. — John Benson, cleveland.com, "Driver with fake ID cited for underage consumption: Broadview Heights Police Blotter," 7 Aug. 2019 Most of these images are intimate but straightforward, the direct eye contact tracing the palpable relationship between sitter and photographer. — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, "A Laura Aguilar retrospective gives turns an eye to her beautiful views of people outside the mainstream," 22 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'eye contact.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more