How to Use iris in a Sentence

iris

noun
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  • The pupil is the round, black circle in the center of the iris.
    — Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023
  • The square of the eye, the white part, is completely dark on my right eye, not just the iris.
    — Megan Stein, Country Living, 21 July 2019
  • When first erected for the Games, the arch’s panels opened and closed like the iris of an eye.
    — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The cornea is the clear part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil and everything else that lies beneath.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The lens is positioned behind the colored part of your eye, called the iris.
    — Amir Khan, sun-sentinel.com, 6 June 2019
  • Eye color refers to the color of your iris, which is the colored part of your eye that surrounds the pupil.
    — Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The fragrance contains top notes of green cardamom and iris along with a clean, woody, spicy and smoky base.
    — Tara Paniogue, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • The most popular kind of iris, the bearded iris is equally as easy to care for.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2023
  • He was born with aniridia (absence of the iris) and eventually lost all of his sight in 2014.
    — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 14 June 2019
  • Thin out your iris bed to leave 18 inches between the rhizomes.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • In the mountains, the iris are always first to bloom, the bracken ferns the last to poke through the forest floor, now imminent.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Get a ghoulish gaze by outlining the iris with black and filling in with strokes of both blue and green.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The British mother noticed that the pupil in one of her daughter’s eyes was clear and the iris had less color than the one in the other eye.
    — Bob Curley, Fox News, 9 June 2018
  • Whom the iris belongs to will remain a secret, except to the buyers of the images.
    — CNN, 5 June 2021
  • The red-eyed vireo, an olive-green songbird with red irises, eats insects in the spring and summer.
    — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Transparent lens membrane of the right eye covers the iris.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
  • No cost to enter park to attend iris sale in Garden House.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018
  • It’s what’s known as a Siberian iris, as opposed to the bearded irises.
    — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2021
  • Nary a scrap of wool or tweed, only nylon and iris-melting patterns from the neon ’90s.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2021
  • But in other cities, people have lined up to have their irises scanned.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The semicircular structure is 36 feet tall, 72 feet wide, and opens and closes like the iris of an eye.
    — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The muddy brown of his irises seemed to compress his pupils into slits.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • The high-relief finish is inspired by the eagle’s iris.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Bare root plants will be for sale, with experts on hand to discuss iris plant questions.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018
  • The gardens bloomed with yellow and red roses, iris, lilac and peonies.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 July 2019
  • Place a 5mm diameter beam of light in front of your 4mm pupil and the extra 1mm rim just bounces off your iris.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 7 Apr. 2020
  • The symbol of Joy’s nihilism is an everything bagel, shaped like a zero, or like the iris of an eye.
    — Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • How much light gets into the eye is controlled by the iris, which is the colored part around the pupil that can contract and expand to open and close the pupil.
    — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The iris was Seroka’s mother’s favorite flower and the store is named in her honor.
    — cleveland, 13 Oct. 2019
  • To decorate: Dip a very small paintbrush into the gel paste from the bottle and paint the outline of the eyes; use a flat angle brush for the iris.
    — Kimberly Winter Stern, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024

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