at the sight of

Preposition

Meaning

at the sight of

When seeing.

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Examples

Poetry and imagination begin life. A child will fall on its knees on the gravel walk at the sight of a pink hawthorn in full flower, when it is by itself, to praise God for it. Florence Nightingale

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. Benjamin Banneker

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet. Saadi

Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer. Robert Burton

I was never an anti-Semite. ... My sensitive nature revolted at the sight of corpses and blood... I personally had nothing to do with this. My job was to observe and report on it. Adolf Eichmann

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. Stanisław Leszczyński

Close letter words and terms

at the shooting range at the shore at the side of at the site at the skating rink at the smallest