penetrating eye

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But any soldier with General Brereton's penetrating eye is bound to spot a flaw.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dayan did not touch the map lying in the middle of the table; he only looked straight ahead with his one penetrating eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

His verse, like himself, was shapely and handsome, and, like his face, it suggested to the penetrating eye certain reservations and indecisions.

From The Sea Lady by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The Fermier-General was old and ugly, there is no denying it; he had a shrewd, penetrating eye, moreover, and in the lines of his mouth were certain unmistakable indications of habitual command.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

The stern face, the penetrating eye of the personage whose likeness forms the frontispiece of the yellowed volume in my hand, speak across the gulf of two centuries, and bid me beware.

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri