penetrating eye
Example Sentences
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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
But any soldier with General Brereton's penetrating eye is bound to spot a flaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still there was a look of anxiety on her fine countenance, which could not escape the penetrating eye of love.
From Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter by Amelia Alderson Opie
Having run his eye rapidly through the ranks, he selected one whose penetrating eye and intelligent countenance seemed to point him out as the fittest person to act the part of guide.
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Wilhelm Hauff
His penetrating eye appears to search into their hearts, and arrest their thoughts as they arise.
From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by John Haslam
