Sentence examples for eyewash from inspiring English sources
The word 'eyewash' is an acceptable and usable word in written English
It is typically used to refer to something that is meant to make people feel better, or to deceive them, without doing anything real. For example, "The CEO's statement about the company's financial situation was largely eyewash meant to distract from their true struggles."
noun
A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes
On September 12th it told the government that the appeal was eyewash, and that it should resign if it was incapable of prosecuting the guilty.In this section Ready to roll (again)?
This is eyewash, as Britain's tiny, determined, intervention in Sierra Leone suggests.
The big bird flies ReprintsAll of which smacks faintly of eyewash.
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But the Tamils call any effort of an internal investigation "an eyewash".
But for Burma's impoverished people, all of this is so much eyewash.
Martin admitted Scotland will need its own currency but dismissed fears over the massive reserves needed by the fledgling nation as "eyewash".
Bathing and care of the skin were carefully prescribed, as were cleansing of the teeth with twigs from named trees, anointing of the body with oil, and the use of eyewashes.
" 'Eyewash' is basically: You're not really doing anything important — you're just pretending to do something.
" 'Eyewash' is basically: You're not really doing anything important you're just pretending to do something.
(The society publishes a list of acquisition priorities at www.wilderness.org/ eyewash/lwcfproposed.htm).htm
