WRITING HELP: How To Show, Not Tell

26. Describing Sight And Eyes

Sight

Eyed me as though his bullshit meter was ticking in the red zone.

He blinked as his eyes adjusted.

an alertness in the eyes, behind the glasses that sat crookedly on the nose

Cold gaze fixed on the anxious young man

Cast a skeptical eye

Sure, we know that, said Herrera, taking off his glasses to inspect the lenses.

Gaffan saw Marley's eyes open wide in surprise and recognition.

Eyes bleary from surveillance and the two-hour drive

Vision narrowed to a pinprick

Eyes clouded

eyes locked on like magnets

four pairs of eyes blinked in unison

studied her with a predator's unwavering attention

blinked a couple of times

Squinted out into the audience

eyes narrowed to slits

Narrowed his eyes

eyes locked in a shared understanding

yellow rimmed eyes narrowing

peer sightlessly at a wall

eyes turned inward

shook her head and stared at the pool

Staring sightlessly into the darkness

Stared off into the crowd but didn't seem to see anything

Stared into the distance

Fixed expression

Looked at a place somewhere over his shoulder

focused on an empty space in the air between them

eyes narrowed, she got a vertical wrinkle between her eyebrows. Her lips pursed slightly.

Their eyes met, but he broke it off

meaningful eye contact

studied Hood with her level gaze

risked a peek

she screwed her eyes shut

stared brazenly into her eyes

opened her eyes wide

dark eyes radiated a fierce, uncompromising intelligence

rubbed raw eyes

eyes felt scratchy and I was jittery with coffee and raw from sleeplessness.

His eyes flickered past me.

His eyes were never still and he never looked at me except in passing

Caught her peeking at Hawk sideways out of a narrow corner of her right eye.

Watching the bystanders from the edge of his vision

Looked him over with the respect men who have not served give those who have

Eyes

Ferret-like eyes

Dark eyes smoldering

Lined from squinting into too many suns

Eyes were dark pools of fear

Flint-eyed

looked like hell—purple bags under her eyes,

eyes carried a mixture of shock and barely contained anger

bright eyes of an optimist

one eye clouded with a cataract

wounded eyes

tired eyes

his body felt heavy

eyes were dark, cupped by fleshy pouches

wire-rimmed glasses

Slate-blue eyes

Dark solemn eyes

Spark in his grey eyes

Steely-eyed

Huge blue eyes that gave her a startled look

black circles beneath her eyes had become bruises

Wide-spread aquamarine eyes

Beady-eyed

brown eyes wearing reading glasses

Piercing stare

Close set black eyes

Watery blue eyes

Memorable only for his bleak eyes

Nets of wrinkles at the corners of her eyes

Eyes flat as little pebbles

Steely eyed

long eyelashes

laughing eyes

predatory eyes

Eyes were red-rimmed from allergies

Under heavy lids; heavy-lidded

Sensitive brown eyes

Eyes sunk into his sockets

Competitive, fixed, dead-eyed, and querulous stare of people who weren't getting far enough fast enough

I've-seen-it-all eyes

bedroom eyes, dark hair falling into them

Crows feet radiated from corners of eyes

the light fades from his eyes until they are dark and empty

eyes were brown in the middle and bloodshot everywhere else

stared through him

Looked left and right before starting

Pingponging his gaze between A and B

His glance, as conspiratorial as a wink

eyes watched her the way a tiger watched a bunny

Shadow passed over his eyes

Flicker in his eyes

Said without looking at him

looked for a common theme, a thread of some sort

She frowned–couldn't recall the incident

Heard little and cared less

Hovering over her shoulder

His eyes flattened

His face hardened in concentration

Thinking about my conversation with the old detective

shot a look over the top of his glasses

Squinted at the sun

Arched an eye brow

Looked at me with a strangled expression

Eyebrows

Bushy eyebrows

eyebrows of white steel wool

a single bushy bar above the eyes

Source: https://worddreams.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/65-ways-to-describe-sight-and-eyes-in-your-writing/