noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
heavy
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Julia felt too tired and afraid to speak, but she lifted her heavy eyelids again and looked at him.
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Towards the end of his harangue his head grew heavy , his eyelids drooped, and his speech became thick.
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He also had unusually heavy , drooping eyelids which could make him look comic or sinister, benevolent or supercilious.
■ VERB
bat
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Susan, my long suffering wife, who never batted an eyelid as this project unfolded and gave me lots of encouragement.
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None of the regulars batted an eyelid , but the sweaty faces of the dance-crazy Glaswegians fell. 2.30?
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And farmers watching a demonstration of grass cutters didn't bat an eyelid at the state of the pasture.
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Nothing much ever happened in Surrey Hills, and nobody batted an eyelid .
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Today, no-one bats an eyelid as he takes a stroll along the ley-lines of Wiltshire.
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In fact she didn't bat an eyelid .
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Did saints ever bat their eyelids and look sleepily self-satisfied as cats?
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Tom didn't bat an eyelid at the warm fog.
close
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He couldn't close his eyelid .
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I could smell the grass and the soil, and the sky was showing movies on my closed eyelids .
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Winter had closed the eyelids of the land and the snow that covered it was ill-fitting and dingy like a second-hand shroud.
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Kingsley toasted him, a sober Cheers, and closed his tarpaper eyelids while he drank.
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He tried to close them but the eyelids were frozen in place, unable to move.
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In addition to pupil changes there is also the possibility of signalling mood by the degree of opening or closing the eyelids .
droop
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He also had unusually heavy, drooping eyelids which could make him look comic or sinister, benevolent or supercilious.
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But he still remembered the hidden yawns, the glazed looks and drooping eyelids .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not bat an eye/eyelid
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He used to tell the worst lies without batting an eye.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the same time as her nose wrinkled, the corners of her mouth turned down and her eyelids drooped.
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He notices the fluttering at the corners of her eyelids.
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Her eyelids were closing against the sheer enormity of the prospect.
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His eyelids were heavy and wet.
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My eyelids felt thick and swollen.
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My eyelids were swollen shut, and I was drenched with sweat.
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Smith devised a technique using eight pieces of latex rather than one overall mask, including convincing eyelids.
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Susan, my long suffering wife, who never batted an eyelid as this project unfolded and gave me lots of encouragement.