(a.) Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
(2) Wimbledon said the world No1 Williams had been suffering from a viral illness and it was a sad and bizarre end to the American’s tournament, not to mention a worrying sight, seeing her hardly able to play.
(3) In the midst of all the newspaper headlines and vigils you can sometimes lose sight of the man who was on death row.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Imogen and her father, John Hull, before he lost his sight.
(5) Their physical condition and performance was found to be comparable with that of normal sighted children.
(6) "At first sight, today's announcement of an independent commissioner is a missed opportunity to strengthen our co-ordinated approach to addressing these very serious matters.
(7) He saw a soldier aim his weapon’s laser sight at the al-Atrashes’ Volkswagen “like he was preparing to shoot”.
(8) Many Iranian women are already pushing the boundaries , and observers in Tehran say women who drive with their headscarves resting on their shoulders are becoming a familiar sight.
(9) The home fans were lifted by the sight of Billy Bonds, a legend in these parts, being presented with a lifetime achievement award before the kick-off and the former West Ham captain and manager probably would have enjoyed playing in Allardyce's combative midfield.
(10) This results from a lack of knowledge of what could be done to conserve sight, the irreversible nature of many eye diseases, the distances involved in travelling to the clinic, and even a lack of knowledge of its existence.
(11) However, this operation may not be as sight effective as many believe.
(12) The results of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in 16 blind and 120 sighted eyes (136 patients) are presented.
(13) It is now a well-known fact that the human body is able to use luminous stimulation for aims other than sight; the pineal gland, though no longer directly sensitive to light as in lower animals, is nevertheless the fulcrum of a complex neuro-endocrine system which makes an interaction between light and the human body possible by means of the production of a number of substances of which melatonin is the most widely investigated.
(14) Senior government sources have confirmed the budget razor gang has the fuel tax credit (formerly known as the diesel fuel rebate) “firmly in its sights” – a scheme that rebates miners and farmers and others for the off-road use of diesel.
(15) The National Society to Prevent Blindness, formed in 1908, is the oldest voluntary agency with the singular mission to preserve sight and prevent blindness through a broad program of public and professional education, industrial and community services, and research.
(16) Inside the Islamic State ‘capital’: no end in sight to its grim rule Read more The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia and an alliance of rebels known as the “Euphrates Volcano” – backed US-led coalition air strikes – have seized swaths of territory from Isis, including the strategic border town of Tal Abyad .
(17) When vertically divergent eye movements occur, both eyes also systematically rotate in parallel around their lines of sight (conjugate cyclotorsion).
(18) The Greek finance ministry's financial crimes unit conducted the raids, and says it has many other groups in its sights.
(19) The incumbent mayor has set his sights on stronger powers over the London economy as he seeks re-election for a second term on 3 May.
(20) The classical age-related problems of poor hearing, poor sight and difficulty in chewing were also prevalent among these elderly.
Unsightly
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) While restricting treatments of limited clinical value – such as operations to remove unsightly skin – is uncontroversial, reducing patients' access to drugs, district nurses, health visitors or forms of surgery they need to end their pain arouses huge concern.
(2) The collection of food around the lips during meals is an example of a little discussed but embarrassing and unsightly problem commonly experienced after a stroke.
(3) At the same time, it can also be used to eliminate dark circles around the eyes, blend in skin grafts, and mask unsightly blemishes.
(4) Paradoxically, the skin, positioned at the interface between the organism and its environment, embodies the visible envelope that surrounds pleasingly restructured muscle groups; at the same time it exhibits unsightly lesions produced as a consequence of the fitness program.
(5) Volume enhancement was effective in most cases, there being a significant reduction in the degree of recession of the prosthesis and the depth of the unsightly sunken sulci of the upper and lower lids.
(6) Dorsal digital burn contractures cause unsightly eponychial retraction and proximal nail exposure.
(7) The major concern is usually the unsightly appearance of the veins.
(8) Unsightly - and sometimes alarming - as these blemishes are, they must not distract from the reality that the House will do something historic if it listens to the advice of Barack Obama and passes legislation that remains more ambitious than anything he promised on the campaign trail.
(9) Evisceration may be indicated in patients with blind and unsightly or painful eyes and in selected instances of ocular trauma following discussion of the risk of sympathetic ophthalmia with the patient.
(10) Cesc Fàbregas threaded a pass into Costa’s stride and although the angle was difficult on the left side of the area, the use of Michael Dawson as a shield to unsight McGregor, and the accuracy of the curling effort combined for his 19th league goal of the season.
(11) Three patients developed unsightly conjunctival telangiectasia, 2 patients developed a persistent scleral ulcer and 2 patients developed clinically significant cataracts.
(12) This resulted in delayed healing and unsightly scars.
(13) Conventional closure of surgical defects in skin may cause unsightly protrusions (dog ears).
(14) The vertical skin incision leaves an unsightly scar for many female patients.
(15) Treatment usually consists of routine stripping of the main trunks and excision of all distal tributaries, resulting in many unsightly scars.
(16) In the 67th minute, Sunderland, picking up a head of steam from their intense following, equalised as Fabio Borini was found by Patrick van Aanholt’s neat pass and scored from just inside the area with a shot that Thibaut Courtois, unsighted by Terry, could only help into his own net.
(17) Unfortunately, unsutured punch grafts tend to cobblestone or rise-up in an unsightly manner.
(18) The need for early meticulous repair, so that unsightly scars and disfigurements may be prevented, cannot be overemphasized.
(19) It is a hairless, yellowish-red plaque until puberty when it becomes verrucous and unsightly.
(20) However, liposuction is a procedure that requires conservatism because overzealous fat removal can generally leave unsightly permanent sequelae.