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
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)
Therefore the writer of fiction who takes himself and his art seriously must develop the open and penetrating eye and the faculty of just selection.
From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders
Frau Gedike bustled about, endeavouring to conceal us well as she could the miserable condition of the room from the penetrating eye of the Geheimrath, but in vain.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
