How to Use eye-watering in a Sentence
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There’s a wide array of highly capable performance cars available at this price point, many of which offer eye-watering output and acceleration figures.
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Bradley Iger,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2026
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Justice might be an understatement — the film went on to generate an eye-watering $401 million at the global box office upon its May release.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2026
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The Daytona is widely considered the most coveted model in the Rolex catalog, with the chrono commanding eye-watering prices on the secondary market.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
29 Sep. 2026
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The now-82-year-old entrepreneur, who owns 40% of Oracle, experienced an eye-watering $101 billion wealth surge.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2026
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Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599, and some RTX Spark PCs can run all the way up to an eye-watering $6,999.
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Tom Warren,
The Verge,
9 Oct. 2026
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