: something offensive to view
The old factory has become an eyesore.
Examples of eyesore in a Sentence
The shack is a real eyesore.
the old abandoned house was a neighborhood eyesore
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Indeed, back in the 1990s and 2000s, municipalities across the country were happily demolishing Brutalist eyesores made to house the poor.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
The site of a skeletal office tower that has languished for years at the corner of 14th and Peachtree streets and labeled by neighbors as an eyesore has been deemed unsafe by the city of Atlanta.
—Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
Others called the location an eyesore on the national landmark and say sports betting is hurting society.
—Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Schools are taking parking lots and eyesores and developing them into districts where people live, work or play — ideally all three — beyond six or seven home games a year.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
The site of a skeletal office tower that has languished for years at the corner of 14th and Peachtree streets and labeled by neighbors as an eyesore has been deemed unsafe by the city of Atlanta.
—Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
Others called the location an eyesore on the national landmark and say sports betting is hurting society.
—Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Schools are taking parking lots and eyesores and developing them into districts where people live, work or play — ideally all three — beyond six or seven home games a year.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for eyesore
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“Eyesore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyesore. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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eyesore
noun
eye·sore
ˈī-ˌsōr 
-ˌsȯr
: something displeasing to the sight
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