How to Use eyesore in a Sentence

eyesore

noun
  • The shack is a real eyesore.
  • Large ant hills in your yard can be an eyesore.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026
  • An old eyesore is gone, and no one will miss it.
    — Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Keep these eyesores tucked away and out of sight.
    — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Or, in Texas’ case, the eyesore test.
    — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Some might call it a searing eyesore.
    — New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Be gone, eyesore in the living room!
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Not all pet essentials have to be an eyesore around the home.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Watch for yourself and decide if this is an eyesore or a work of art.
    — Alex Chaet, CNN, 31 Jan. 2020
  • But messy counters can become eyesores in the blink of an eye.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2025
  • The flare stack is the kind of eyesore that raises the ire of locals.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2019
  • Its sleek base station is also less of an eyesore than most.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 24 June 2026
  • The best part is that all of these designs are anything but an eyesore.
    — Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
  • But messy counters can become eyesores in the blink of an eye.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Give the shrub time to produce more new growth to cover any eyesore leaves.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
  • That’s a long time for the neighborhood to live with this eyesore.
    — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • My kitchen faucet is quite the eyesore in an otherwise quaint kitchen.
    — Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The sleek stainless steel design won’t be an eyesore on your counter.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
  • Gone are the days when high-tech gadgets were oversized eyesores.
    — Bridget Mallon, ELLE Decor, 6 Aug. 2015
  • Well, some would call it an eyesore but beauty is in the eye of the lease holder.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
  • They’ll get emptied and filled up by the public, and there will be no eyesore.
    — Curbed, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Here are the best rolling storage carts that aren’t a complete eyesore.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
  • But fake plants can become a real eyesore.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The concrete skirt remained around the hole, which was an eyesore filled with weeds.
    — oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2021
  • But those, frankly, are a bit of an eyesore and don’t seem to radiate very far!
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The 18-foot-high fence was an eyesore that would drop the land’s value.
    — T. Christian Miller, Propublica, Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar, star-telegram, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Even last year’s eyesore of a unit managed to find the end zone in all 16 games.
    — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Too big can create an unwieldy eyesore.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Our city is too vibrant to accept an eyesore in the heart of our downtown.
    — Ryan Lillis and Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 12 July 2018
  • With a rustic oak wood base and sleek iron railing, this one won’t be an eyesore on your counter.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 5 May 2026

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