noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Failing eyesight
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Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
failing
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Her own body of work was complete five years ago, when failing eyesight and less mobile hands forced her to retire.
good
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That is why smell is so important to quadrupeds; erect animals with good eyesight can detect danger from far off.
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The story is that slightly better eyesight will enable animals to avoid death and find food slightly more effectively.
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You will need to be able to work for long periods with a high degree of accuracy, and have really good eyesight .
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Santa Clara was good for eyesight .
poor
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A military career had fascinated the young Makarenko, though he disliked it and had to be discharged on account of poor eyesight .
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Rather, poor eyesight uncorrected by glasses and harshly taxed by use may produce symptoms of strain, including headaches.
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Another poem of this period, addressed to the Duke of York, complains of his poor eyesight .
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Of course it's just possible that she has poor eyesight - a woman like that would be too vain to wear spectacles.
■ VERB
fail
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A quadriplegic who is nearly deaf and has failing eyesight , the 61-year-old sheik would seem to be powerless.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an eyesight test
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My eyesight 's got a lot worse over the last few years.
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You must have good eyesight . I can't even make it out from here.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Encourage residents to wash and iron their clothes where their eyesight and co-ordination are good.
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Failing eyesight was forcing him to retire.
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Frank was working for a large nursery and wanted to get into management when his eyesight started to fail.
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I assume you all know what raw ammonia does to the eyesight ?
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Santa Clara was good for eyesight .
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She had discovered that he possessed the eyesight of a cat.
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She jumped to her death, and he lost his eyesight as the house fell in.