eye contact
Noun
Meaning
contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other
a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication
Source: WordNetHypernyms
Examples
Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance was a violation of agreements that made the city operational.
Making eye contact during rough sex is roughly the equivalent of trying to read Dostoyevsky on a rollercoaster.
Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and my eyes averted. There's still that part of me that wants to hold my head up, make eye contact and smile.
Sometimes you have to disconnect to stay connected. Remember the old days when you had eye contact during a conversation? When everyone wasn't looking down at a device in their hands? We've become so focused on that tiny screen that we forget the big picture, the people right in front of us.
I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact.
People simply don't make eye contact anymore.