all eyes

phrase

: very attentive
She was all eyes as I opened the box.

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Now, all eyes are on Minneapolis for the third rally, and a game between Reeve's Lynx and Cunningham's Fever in one of the highest-stakes games of the WNBA season. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Right now, all eyes are on the Minnesota Vikings quarterback competition. — Ren Clayton, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026 With the offense in a third-and-goal situation from the 6-yard line, all eyes were on the unit to punctuate its most successful day of practice so far. — Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026 In the wake of the unceremonious death of Destiny 2 and layoffs encompassing nearly half of Bungie employees, all eyes are on the future of the studio, which is almost entirely leaning on Marathon— its extraction shooter that launched this year. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for all eyes

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alleyed
all eyes
all eyes are on
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“All eyes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20eyes. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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