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• 1Visible.

  ‘no other vehicle was in sight’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Sometimes on a country road you hit the traffic flow just right and find yourself in a kind of moving bubble where there are no other vehicles in sight fore or aft.’
  • ‘They can easily turn into mobs, stoning everything in sight, private vehicles not excluded.’
  • ‘I always signal, even if there's no other vehicle or person in sight.’
  • ‘It was like a scene from a bygone era one of Bexley's busiest roads and not a vehicle in sight.’
  • ‘I sit at the bar with a pint of export and it must be obvious to everyone in sight that I'm still fuming.’
  • ‘When the inn was in sight, her view was suddenly blocked by a bulky figure.’
  • ‘The sky was pitch black and surprisingly there was not a cloud in sight, just a clear, beautiful sky.’
  • ‘After the Cessna pilot reported the jet in sight, the tower cleared the Cessna for takeoff.’
  • ‘Above me, other divers were swimming with a purpose; they obviously had a dolphin in sight.’
  • ‘The only thing in sight was a large blue van, obviously there to transport my team.’

  Synonyms

  perceptible, perceivable, seeable, observable, noticeable, easily seen, detectable, discernible, recognizable, in view, in sight, on view, on display

  1. 1.1Near at hand; close to being achieved or realized.
     ‘the minister insisted that agreement was in sight’
     More example sentences

     • ‘A grandiose scandal was sparked - with no end in sight in the near future.’
     • ‘There appears to be no end in sight to the indefinite strike at Rossington Colliery, near Doncaster.’
     • ‘Today, there's no price relief in sight for motorists at the bowser.’
     • ‘You've had forward deployed troops for over a decade with no end in sight.’
     • ‘On the other hand, war fatigue and the exhaustion with unending violence with no end in sight is also a reality.’
     • ‘Now hostilities are going to take longer than thought, and with no clear disengagement in sight.’
     • ‘The problem is there is no obvious solution in sight to the current global crisis.’
     • ‘With a mutually acceptable resolution apparently not in sight, the dean wrote to the professor.’
     • ‘The pain is still there but relief is obviously in sight.’
     • ‘However, a few people find themselves suffering these unpleasant effects apparently without an end in sight.’