cyclopean
Example Sentences
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Excavations conducted on and around the Cyclopean terrace revealed an elite district composed of plazas, paved roads and administrative buildings, with large megara, or great halls used for formal events, at the center.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2022
Never mind the camera, with its rigid Cyclopean vision.
From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2017
Like the obsidian vaults of my drowned Cyclopean city, his positions are blurred and fuzzy.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2016
Some sort of gun-metal gray canister has been squashed and made useless, its flattened valve staring out like a Cyclopean eye.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2015
He stopped, squinting at me with Cyclopean irritation.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.