gimlet

Example Sentences

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But the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland keeps a gimlet eye on inflation data, and it has some estimates.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

His Napoleon views the world with a gimlet eye and firmly compressed lips.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

I said, like a pedestrian, "Sounds gross, like a rare form of snot. Can I order another gimlet with you?"

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2023

The script hews closely to the version that Dickens himself toured, with passages of prose narration that cut the goose-fat sentimentality with keen wit and gimlet detail.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022

He looked them all over with a gimlet eye.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin